Senses
1. red, ruddy (color adjective) — The adjective אָדֹם meaning 'red, ruddy', applied to physical appearance (David's complexion), animals (the red heifer), and objects. All 7 occurrences express the same color sense across masculine singular, feminine singular, and masculine plural inflections. Multilingual evidence is consistent: eng 'red/ruddy', spa 'rojo/rojizo', hin लाल, arb أَحْمَر / حُمْر / أَدُوم, kor 붉은, swa 'wekundu/mwekundu/nyekundu'. The conjunction-prefixed form (S80025 'and ruddy') is a purely syntactic variant. 7×
AR["أَحْمَرَ","أَحْمَرُ","حَمْرَاءَ","حُمْرٌ","وِ-أَدُوم"]·ben["এবং-লালচে","লাল"]·DE["Mensch","rot","und-Edom"]·EN["and-ruddy","is-red","red"]·FR["[אדם]","et-vermeil,","homme","red","rouge","roux"]·heb["אדום","אדומים","אדמה","ו-אדום"]·HI["और-लाल","लाल"]·ID["dan-kemerah-merahan","merah"]·IT["[אדם]","e-e-ruddy","rossi","rosso"]·jav["abrit","lan-abrit"]·KO["그리고-붉으며","붉게","붉은","붉은가"]·PT["e-vermelho","vermelha","vermelhas","vermelho","vermelhos"]·RU["и-румян","красное","красные","рыжем","рыжие","рыжую"]·ES["roja","rojas","rojo","rojos","y-rojizo"]·SW["mekundu","mwekundu","na-mwekundu","nyekundu","wekundu"]·TR["kirmizi","kırmızı","ve-kirmizi"]·urd["اور-سرخ","سرخ","سُرخ","لال"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אָדֹם adj. red—א׳ Is 63:2 Zc 1:8 + Gn 25:30(×2), v. infr.; אָדוֹם Ct 5:10; f. אֲדֻמָּה Nu 19:2, pl. אֲדֻמִּים 2 K 3:22 + 2 textual;—ruddy, red, of man Ct 5:10; horse Zc 1:8(×2) (‖ שָׂרֹק cf. As.DlW 87 6:2 (‖ שָׁחֹר); heifer Nu 19:2; water 2 K 3:22 (א׳ כַּדָּם); cf. as subst. red, redness on garment Is 63:2; הָאָדֹם = the (red) lentils Gn 25:30(×2), but rd. הָאֱדֹם v. infr.; cf. also מַעֲלֶה.