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Adah
/AY-duh/
עָדָה
"Assembly; ornament; adornment"
Genesis 4:19
RoleSee Ada — same person, variant spelling
Etymology
Same root as Ada. The spelling Adah is the more traditional English transliteration of the Hebrew. In some translations, Ada and Adah are interchangeable renderings of the same name.
Who they were
See Ada. The name appears twice in Genesis — once as a wife of Lamech in the line of Cain, and once as a wife of Esau (Genesis 36:2). The Esau connection places it in the Edomite lineage as well as the Cainite one, giving the name a dual heritage.
Family
- Spouse
- Lamech
- Children
- Jabal,Jubal
Character qualities
- See Ada
Where they appear
Themes
Variants & related forms
Ada · Adda
Read their story
Adah's story begins in Genesis.
The full passage is at Genesis 4:19. Any modern translation will do — the NLT and NIV are the most readable; the ESV and NKJV stay close to the wording the church has used for centuries.
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