אֲדַמְדָּם ʾadamdām – bright red
Semantic Fields:
Colours
Author(s):
John E. Hartley
First published: 2026-05-20
Citation: John E. Hartley, אֲדַמְדָּם ʾadamdām – bright red,
Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (sahd-online.com), 2026
Introduction
Grammatical type: adjective.
Occurrences: 6x HB (6/0/0); 0x Sir; 0x Qum; 0x Inscr. (Total: 6x).
- Torah: Lev 13:19, 24, 42, 43, 49; 14:37.
7. Conclusion
A.1 אדמדם conveys ‘bright red’. In the Heb. Scriptures it is used to describe the colour of a skin infection as an infected burn as well as a mould, a fungus that grows in material made out of leather, wool, or linen and a fungus growing in the walls of a house.
For this entry, see further John E. Hartley, The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Colour Lexemes (2010), 122-126 (Printed publications).