- אדום
- אֱדוֹם(b. h. אֱדֹם) 1) pr. n. m. Edom, surname of Esau, son of Isaac; mostly used as a nom. gentil. Edomite, Edomite nation. 2) fem. (sub. מלכות) Rome, Roman government (owing to the dependence of Herod on Rome). Ex. R. s. 35; a. fr. Ibid. מלכות א׳; a. fr. (In subsequent ages: Christianity.
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