HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H126
אַדְמָה
ad.mah — Admah
§ Admah = "red earth" city in the Siddim valley
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Admah
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8134
שִׁנְאָב
shin.av — Shinab
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2 § Shinab = "splendour of the father" the king of Admah in the time of Abraham
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Earth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Gen. 10:19). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (19:24; Deut. 29:23). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam of Josh. 3:16, the name of which still lingers in Damieh, the ford of Jordan. (See ZEBOIM.)
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.