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Adom (אדום) means red in Hebrew.

It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אָדֹם
adom
adjective
In English

red

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives one meaning for Adom.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    צבע הדם; כל צבע בעל אורך גל של בערך 625–740 ננומטר. אורך הגל הארוך ביותר שעין אנושית יכולה לראות.
    וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶל־יַעֲקֹב – הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן־הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה, כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי; עַל־כֵּן קָרָא־שְׁמוֹ אֱדוֹם.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Adom is an adjective.

Written with vowel points
אָדֹם
Written without vowel points
אדום
Said
adom
Root
א־ד־מ
Pattern
קָטֹל
Plural
אֲדֻמִּים
Feminine form
אֲדֻמָּה
Inflections
ר' אֲדֻמִּים, אֲדֻמֵּי־; נ' אֲדֻמָּה, אֲדֻמַּת־; נ"ר אֲדֻמּוֹת; אֲדֹם־
Gematria
51

This is how Adom is said in other languages.

English
red
Arabic
أَحْمَر
Russian
красный
French
rouge
Spanish
rojo
German
rot
Yiddish
רויט

These words mean nearly the same as Adom.

  • מתולע
  • סמוק
  • שני

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These words rhyme with Adom.

The word Adom is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Adom comes from the root א־ד־מ, like these words.

This is where the word Adom comes from.

באוגריתית כשם עצם, בלשון מצרית קדומה - אידְמי jdmj בהוראת בד פשתן אדום. כפועל בשפה האכדית - (אָדָמֻ - ada(m)mu); בשפה אוגריתית d-m-? - אַדְמְ; אתיופית עָדֳמְ -addam? במשמעות להאדים,(להתאפר בצבע) אדום. נגזר כנראה מהמילה דם. קָטׁל הוא משקל רוב הצבעים (יָרֹק, כָּתֹם, כָּחֹל, צָהֹב וכו').

These words come before and after Adom in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Adom.

What does Adom (⁨אדום⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Adom (⁨אדום⁩) means red. It is said adom, with the stress on dom.

What is a synonym for Adom (⁨אדום⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Adom (⁨אדום⁩) are ⁨מתולע⁩, ⁨סמוק⁩, and ⁨שני⁩.

What rhymes with Adom (⁨אדום⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Adom (⁨אדום⁩) include ⁨מקום⁩, ⁨אטום⁩, ⁨יום⁩, ⁨חום⁩, ⁨דרום⁩, and ⁨חרטום⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אדם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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