אָדַם ʼâdam — to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy
Translated in the KJV as be (dyed, made) red.
to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy.
ʼâdam in each stem
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 7
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
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