חֲמֹרִים , ב׳ Nu 31:2 8; || id. + מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה v 30 cf. Jon 3: 7; || חַיָּה Gn 9:5 ( P ) cf. Ez 1: 5, 8 , 10 , 26 , & descript. of כְּרוּבִים Ez 10: 8, 14 , 21 cf. 41:19 ; || trees Dt 20:19 (read הֶאָדָם v. D i); opp. God 1 S 15:29 ; 16:7 (×2) Is 31:3 Ez 28:2 , 9 1 Ch 21:1 3; 29:1 2 Ch 6:18 Mal 3:8 cf. Ex 33:20 Dt 5:2 1; so בֶּן־א׳ Nu 23:19 ( || אישׁ Ez 2: 1, 3 , 6 , 8 (87 times Ez, always addressed to proph.); הָא׳ בְּנֵי 1 S 26:1 9; made in God’s image Gn 1:26 , 27 ; 9:6 cf. Ec 7:2 9; as feeble, earthly, mortal Nu 16:29 (×2) Ps 82: 7; 144:3 , 4 Jb 5: 7; 14:1 , 10 cf. 25:6 ( בֶּן־א׳ ) Ec 12:5 ; as sinful 1 K 8:46 2 Ch 6:36 Je 10:14 cf. Nu 5:6 Jb 31:33 Ho 6: 7; of men in general, other men ( opp. to particular ones) Ju 16:17 ( cf. אַחַד הָא׳ v 7, 11 ) 18:7 , 28 ψ 73:5 Je 32:20 +; || אִישׁ Is 2: 9, 11 , 17 ; 5:15 cf. Ez 23:42 ( del. Co Vrss ); בְּנֵי א׳ 2 S 7:14 ( || אֲנָשִׁים ) Pr 8:4 ( || אִישִׁים ); ψ 49:3 ; 62:10 (both || בְּנֵי אִישׁ ) = men of low opp. men of high degree—so often Ph. and = vassal Sab. DHM ZMG 1875, 680 cf. 686 ; נֶפֶשׁ א׳ coll. Nu 31:3 5, 40 , 46 1 Ch 5:21 Ez 27:13 . • 3. n.pr.m. Adam , first man ( without art. cf. שָׂטָן 1 Ch 21:1 over ag.
הַשּׂ׳ Jb 1:6 etc. ) Gn 3:25 ( J ) 5:1 , 3 , 4 , 5 ( P ) 1 Ch 1:1 . ( Gn 2:20 ; 3:17 , 21 read
לָא׳ v. D i) • 4. n.pr.loc. city in Jordan valley (as built ? Jos 3:16 .
אֲדָמָה S 127, 128 TWOT 25b GK 141, 142224 n.f. ground, land ( as titlled, Ger. bebaut ? Dl Pr 105, but Fleisch. (Merx Archiv I, 236 f ) comp. Arabic أَدَمَة ( ˒adamat ) skin , as smoothly covering & close-fitting; √ דם cf. Arabic دَمَّ ( damma ) smear (spread over surface); cf. also Nö ZMG 1886, 737 ) — א׳ Gn 1:25 +; cstr. אַדְמַת Gn 47:20 +; sf. אַדְמָתִי Jb 31:38 + 2 times etc.; pl. אֲדָמֹות ψ 49:12 — 1. ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance) Gn 2:5 , 9 ; 3:17 , 23 ; 4:2 , 3 , 12 ; 5:29 ; 8:21 ; 19:25 ; 47:23 Ex 34:26 (all J ); Ex 23:19 ( E ) Dt 7:13 ; 11:17 ; 26:2 , 10 , 15 ; 28:4 , 11 , 18 , 33 , 42 , 51 ; 30:9 ; 2 S 9:10 Is 1: 7; 28:24 ; 30:23 (×2), 24 Je 7:2 0; 14:4 ; 25:33 Hg 1:11 Mal 3:11 ψ 83:11 ; 105:35 Pr 12:11 28:19 1 Ch 27:26 Ne 10:3 6, 38 cf. fig. Jb 5:6 ( || עפר ); personif. 31:38 Jo 1:1 0; also אִישׁ הָא׳ Gn 9:20 ( J ) tiller, husbandman; meton. אֹהֵב א׳ 2 Ch 26:10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? cf. Dl Pr 105) אִישׁ עֹבֵד א׳ Zc 13: 5. • 2. piece of ground , landed property Gn 47:18 , 19 (×3), 20 , 22 (×2), 23 , 26 (all J ) ψ 49:12 ( pl. ) • 3. earth as material substance; of wh. man is made Gn 2:7 ( עָפָר מִן־הָא׳ ); so animals v 19 ( מִן־הָא׳ ); altar Ex 20:24 ; earthen vessels חַרְשֵׂי א׳ Is 45: 9, on head, sign of woe 1 S 4:12 2 S 1: 2; 15:32 ; of contrition Ne 9:1 ( cf. אֵפֶר , עָכָּר ); מַעֲבֵה הָא׳ 1 K 7:46 cf. 2 Ch 4:17 ( firmness of earth , firm earth, clay-ground, for casting-moulds; or clay-moulds ( Be )? or is this n.pr. ? Klo proposes
Be E. Bertheau.