H0125 H0125
Reddish, reddish-tinged; used exclusively of the color of leprous skin eruptions in Levitical diagnostic law.
A reduplicative adjective derived from the root אדם ('to be red'), describing a reddish hue in skin lesions. Every occurrence appears in Leviticus 13-14 within priestly instructions for diagnosing skin diseases. The word captures an ambiguous, not-quite-red discoloration that priests had to evaluate carefully. Translations across languages consistently render it as 'reddish' (French rougeâtre, Spanish rojiza), reflecting the diminutive or approximate force of the Hebrew reduplication.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Reddish or reddish-tinged, describing the color of suspicious skin eruptions examined by priests under the Levitical purity code. All six occurrences fall within Lev 13:19-49 and 14:37, applied to swellings, scabs, bright spots, garment marks, and house walls that may indicate ceremonial uncleanness. The reduplicative form (אֲדַמְדָּם) conveys an approximate or subdued redness, as the multilingual glosses uniformly confirm: French rougeâtre, Spanish rojiza, German reddish. 6×
AR["ضَارِبٌ-إِلَى-الْحُمْرَةِ", "ضَارِبَةً-إِلَى-الْحُمْرَةِ", "ضَارِبَةٌ-إِلَى-الْحُمْرَةِ"]·ben["লালচে"]·DE["reddish"]·EN["reddish"]·FR["rougeâtre"]·heb["אדמדם", "אדמדמת"]·HI["और-दिखाया जाएगा", "में-गंजी", "या", "लाले-पीले", "हरा-पीला"]·ID["kemerah-merahan"]·IT["reddish"]·jav["abang-abang"]·KO["불그스름한", "붉은띄는"]·PT["avermelhada", "avermelhadas"]·RU["красноватая", "красноватое", "красноватые", "красноватым"]·ES["rojiza", "rojizas"]·SW["jekundu", "mekundu", "mwekundu"]·TR["kızılımsı"]·urd["سرخی-مائل"]
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
† אֲדַמִדָּם adj. reddish (cf. As.ada(m)mumu? DlW) of leprous sores Lv 13:42 (־דָּ֑ם) v 49 (־דָֹם); f. אֲדַמְדֶּמֶת v 24, 43; ־דָ֑מֶת v 19; f. pl. אֲדַמְדַּמֹּת 14:37.