What does אֲדָמָה (ʾădāmāh) mean in the Bible?
אֲדָמָה (ʾădāmāh): Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
Hebrew · H127
אֲדָמָה
Soil (from its general redness)
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אֲדָמָה H127
Pronunciation ʾădāmāh
What does אֲדָמָה (ʾădāmāh) mean in the Bible?
אֲדָמָה (ʾădāmāh): Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H127?
The BSB source-word alignment has 225 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the land (53), of the earth (28), the ground (23), land (9), of your land (9).
Where does אֲדָמָה (ʾădāmāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (43), Deuteronomy (37), Ezekiel (28), Jeremiah (18).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the land 53× Genesis 47:20, Genesis 47:26, Exodus 20:12, Numbers 11:12
of the earth 28× Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:1, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:4
the ground 23× Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:19
land 9× Genesis 28:15, Genesis 47:26, Joshua 23:13, Joshua 23:15
of your land 9× Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 28:4, Deuteronomy 28:11, Deuteronomy 28:18
their land 8× Genesis 47:22, Leviticus 20:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Jeremiah 12:14
their own land 7× Isaiah 14:1, Jeremiah 23:8, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 34:13
on the ground 6× Genesis 9:2, Genesis 19:25, Leviticus 20:25, Deuteronomy 4:18
. . . 4× Genesis 6:20, Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 45:9, Ezekiel 21:3
His land 4× Deuteronomy 32:43, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 28:19, Zechariah 9:16
of the ground 4× Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:13
of the land 4× Genesis 47:22, Deuteronomy 26:10, Isaiah 15:9, Jeremiah 7:20
of the soil 4× Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 9:20, 2 Chronicles 26:10
its own land 3× 2 Kings 25:21, Jeremiah 27:11, Jeremiah 52:27
the soil 3× 1 Chronicles 27:26, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Isaiah 28:24
their homeland 3× 2 Kings 17:23, Amos 7:11, Amos 7:17
your land 3× Deuteronomy 12:19, Jeremiah 27:10, Amos 7:17
your own land 3× Jeremiah 42:12, Ezekiel 36:24, Ezekiel 37:14
and dust 2× 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 15:32
and the land 2× Deuteronomy 26:15, Isaiah 6:11
in the land 2× Genesis 47:23, Deuteronomy 21:1
of your soil 2× Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26
our land 2× Genesis 47:19
the earth 2× Deuteronomy 4:10, 2 Samuel 14:7
- 1× Deuteronomy 12:1
[is] the ground 1× Genesis 3:17
[their] lands 1× Psalms 49:11
[this] earth 1× 1 Samuel 20:31
along with our land 1× Genesis 47:19
and dirt 1× 1 Samuel 4:12
and our land 1× Genesis 47:18
and that the land 1× Genesis 47:19
and the earth 1× Numbers 16:30
as much soil 1× 2 Kings 5:17
from the ground 1× Job 5:6
from the soil 1× Deuteronomy 26:2
from your land 1× Isaiah 30:23
ground 1× Exodus 3:5
her land 1× Amos 5:2
his own land 1× Daniel 11:9
in clay molds 1× 2 Chronicles 4:17
in the ground 1× Isaiah 30:23
molds 1× 1 Kings 7:46
my land 1× Job 31:38
my own country 1× Jonah 4:2
O land 1× Joel 2:21
of earth 1× Exodus 20:24
of our land 1× Nehemiah 10:35
of our produce 1× Nehemiah 10:37
of their soil 1× Psalms 105:35
soil 1× Amos 7:17
this land 1× Exodus 10:6
to the ground 1× Psalms 146:4
to the land 1× Ezekiel 7:2
upon the earth 1× Genesis 1:25
when the land 1× Ezekiel 25:3
with dust 1× Nehemiah 9:1
you and your land 1× Genesis 47:23
your fields 1× Isaiah 1:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:25 הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה to upon the earth Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 2:5 הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ to the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 2:6 הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ to of the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 2:7 הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה to the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 2:9 הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה to of the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 2:19 הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה to the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 3:17 הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ to [is] the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 3:19 הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה to the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 3:23 הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה to the ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 4:2 אֲדָמָֽה׃ to of the soil Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:25
Aligned rows 225
Books represented 28
Genesis 43 Exodus 9 Leviticus 2 Numbers 5 Deuteronomy 37 Joshua 2 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 5 1 Kings 8 2 Kings 4 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 6 Nehemiah 4 Job 2 Psalms 6 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 16 Jeremiah 18 Ezekiel 28 Daniel 3 Hosea 1 Joel 2 Amos 10 Jonah 1 Zephaniah 2 Haggai 1 Zechariah 3 Malachi 1
Source forms
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה 18x hā·’ă·ḏā·māh Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:23
הָאֲדָמָ֑ה 13x hā·’ă·ḏā·māh 2 Samuel 17:12, 1 Kings 7:46, 1 Kings 8:40, 1 Chronicles 27:26
אַדְמַ֥ת 11x ’aḏ·maṯ Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26, Psalms 137:4, Ezekiel 11:17
הָאֲדָמָ֖ה 10x hā·’ă·ḏā·māh Genesis 28:14, Genesis 28:15, Exodus 8:21, Numbers 16:31
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ 9x hā·’ă·ḏā·māh Genesis 12:3, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 47:23, Deuteronomy 12:1
הָאֲדָמָ֔ה 8x hā·’ă·ḏā·māh Exodus 20:12, Numbers 32:11, Deuteronomy 26:10, Deuteronomy 26:15
אַדְמַ֣ת 7x ’aḏ·maṯ Isaiah 14:2, Isaiah 32:13, Ezekiel 12:19, Ezekiel 20:42
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה 7x hā·’ă·ḏā·māh Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:7, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 25:15
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine singular 113x Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7
Noun - feminine singular construct 26x Genesis 47:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26, Exodus 3:5
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 17x Genesis 47:22, Leviticus 20:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Psalms 105:35
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 12x Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 12:19
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 12x Deuteronomy 32:43, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 25:21, Proverbs 12:11
Noun - feminine singular 11x Genesis 4:2, Exodus 20:24, 2 Kings 5:17, 2 Chronicles 26:10
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 6x 1 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 15:32, Nehemiah 9:1
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural 6x Genesis 47:23, Isaiah 1:7, Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 42:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
Source Gloss
soil (from its general redness)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
soil (from its general redness) BDB: ground Usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
The physical soil from which humanity is formed, foundational material of creation
Agricultural land affected by drought, depicting soil's vulnerability to environmental conditions
Cultivated soil representing productive labor and material sustenance through farming
Working the soil contrasted with idleness, emphasizing agricultural productivity and livelihood
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 225 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
אֲדָמָה is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain