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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Adullamite

Hirah, Judah's friend in the story of Judah and Tamar, was one. It means a man from Adullam, a Canaanite town in Judah's territory.

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Hirah, Judah's friend in the story of Judah and Tamar, was one. It means a man from Adullam, a Canaanite town in Judah's territory.

Who this is

Adullamite marks someone from Adullam, a Canaanite town in Judah's territory. Judah's friend Hirah, mentioned in the account of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38, was an Adullamite, and Adullam later gave its name to the cave where David gathered the band of outcasts who became his core fighting force.

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H5726

Where it appears
  • Genesis 38:1
  • Genesis 38:12
  • Genesis 38:20

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