אֲדֻמִּ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲדֻמִּ֔ים

   a-du-MIM

   of Adummim
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים

   le-ma-a-LE a-du-MIM

   the ascent of Adummim
3. clause🔊 וְעָלָ֨ה הַגְּב֥וּל דְּבִרָה֮ מֵעֵ֣מֶק עָכוֹר֒ וְצָפ֜וֹנָה פֹּנֶ֣ה אֶל־הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִנֶּ֖גֶב לַנָּ֑חַל

   ve-a-LA hag-GVU-l de-vi-RA me-E-mek a-KHOR ve-tsa-FO-na po-NE el-hag-GIL-gal a-SHER-NO-khach le-ma-a-LE a-du-MIM a-SHER mi-NE-gev la-NA-khal

   and went up the boundary to Debir from the valley of Achor and northward it turns toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim which is from the south of the valley
4. sentence🔊 וְעָלָ֨ה הַגְּב֥וּל דְּבִרָה֮ מֵעֵ֣מֶק עָכוֹר֒ וְצָפ֜וֹנָה פֹּנֶ֣ה אֶל־הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִנֶּ֖גֶב לַנָּ֑חַל וְעָבַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ אֶל־מֵי־עֵ֣ין שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו אֶל־עֵ֥ין רֹגֵֽל׃

   ve-a-LA hag-GVU-l de-vi-RA me-E-mek a-KHOR ve-tsa-FO-na po-NE el-hag-GIL-gal a-SHER-NO-khach le-ma-a-LE a-du-MIM a-SHER mi-NE-gev la-NA-khal ve-a-VAR hag-GVU-l el-MEI-EIN SHE-mesh ve-ha-YU tots-e-o-TAV el-EIN ro-GEL

   and went up the boundary to Debir from the valley of Achor and northward it turns toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim which is from the south of the valley and it passed over the boundary to the waters of En Shemesh and were its end points to En Rogel

Exegesis

The defining relative clause asher-nokhach lemaʿaleh adummim {אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים | ʾă-šer nō-ḥaḥ lə-ma-ʿă-leh ʾa-du-mîm} is rendered as “which faces the Ascent of Adummim,” preserving Hebrew concision.

Root and etymology

“sea”

• 🔊 יַמִּיםyammimseasGenesis 1:10