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 'adem' is typically mispelled Adam. The word is used in a perplexing variety of ways with a variety of interpretations, but it is highly likely that these meanings can be reduced to a single root meaning and a couple of fairly obvious metaphors.
-The Strings concordance lists no less than
-FIXME - 120	adem
-	adem
-	adem	red
-	adem	meat
-	adem	red gemstone
-	ademdem	red
-	ademeh
-	ademeh	dirt	flesh?
-	ademeh
-	adami
-	ademi	Edomite
-	ademim		Josh 15:7	Josh 18:17
-	ademeni	red
-	ademeta
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+Contextual clues do seem to indicate a small number of interpretations ranging from "red", to "meat", to "dirt". However, the etymological evidence supports a more biological inference. [[ad]] ("most exceedingly") + [[dem]] ("blood") yields 'adem' = "much blood".
-LexID - its complicated
+Despite this evidence, Strong's [[concordance]] inexplicably lists no less than 14 different Strongnumbers  for the word.  It is highly probable that these ostensibly different meanings actually stem from a single generalized meaning which might adequately represent the contextual intent of all 936 instances of the word. See [[strong_errors]]
+^Strong Number^Spelling Variation^Ostensible Interpretation|
+|120|adem| |
+|121|adem| |
+|122|adem|red|
+|123|adem|meat|
+|124|adem|a red gemstone, possibly ruby or more likely carnelian or sard|
+|125|ademdem|red|
+|126|ademeh| |
+|127|ademeh|dirt (flesh?)|
+|128|ademeh| |
+|129|adami| |
+|130|ademi|Edomite|
+|131|ademim|(see Josh 15:7, Josh 18:17)|
+|132|ademeni|red|
+|133|ademeta| |
+====Interesting Cases====
+Genesis 36 speaks at length of the "tree ([[aleh]]) of kings of adem", a geneology which also refers to "the land of adem", possibly "the red land".
+'adom' appears to be some kind of variant of 'adem'. It is used only as a nickname for [[yeso]] (Esau). It might mean something to the effect of "red man" or might be some kind of pun. Genesis 25 and 27 appear to make extensive use of punning in two stories about this character.