עֲדֻלָּם
ʻĂdullâm · ad-ool-lawm'
Adullam, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the passive participle of the same as H5724 (עַדְלַי);
Adullam, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Adullam.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of the doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲדֻלָּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of adullam3 · 38%
- and adullam2 · 25%
- adullam2 · 25%
- unto adullam1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.