Word Study · Strong's H5726 · Hebrew
עֲדֻלָּמִי
Adullami
ad-ool-law-mee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻĂdullâmîy
“an Adullamite or native of Adullam”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Adullamite or native of Adullam
Rendered in the KJV as
Adullamite.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י1
- הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י1
- עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Adullamite2
- an Adullamite1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- gentilic noun (a people)1
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
- HNgmsa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 38:1עֲדֻלָּמִ֖יʾadulamigentilic noun (a people)About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.here: an Adullamite
- Genesis 38:12הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖יhaadulamithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.here: the Adullamite
- Genesis 38:20הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔יhaadulamithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.here: the Adullamite