H0122a H0122a
Red, ruddy; a color adjective describing reddish hue in skin, animals, water, or garments.
The adjective ʾādōm means 'red' or 'ruddy,' applied across a range of physical descriptions. It portrays the beloved's complexion as healthy and attractive (Song 5:10, 'my beloved is ruddy'), specifies the unblemished red heifer required for purification rites (Num 19:2), and describes water that appeared red as blood to the Moabites (2 Kgs 3:22). Isaiah uses it for the crimson stains on the divine warrior's garments (Isa 63:2), while Zechariah's visions include red horses (Zech 1:8). Spanish rojo and French vermeil both reflect the vivid chromatic sense.
Senses
1. red, ruddy (color adjective) — Red or ruddy in color — a straightforward color adjective applied to diverse physical referents: the attractive complexion of a person (Song 5:10, 'my beloved is ruddy and dazzling'), the red heifer prescribed for purification (Num 19:2), water appearing blood-red (2 Kgs 3:22), garments stained crimson from treading the winepress (Isa 63:2), and the red horses of Zechariah's vision (Zech 1:8). Spanish rojo and French vermeil both convey this vivid redness. The related proper noun Edom ('the red one') shares this root. 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"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
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.