Adah
Adah was one of the two wives of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and the mother of Jabal, the first to live in tents and raise livestock, and Jubal, the first to play the lyre and pipe.
The name Adah means “an assembly”
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Summary
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Genesis 4:19; only referred to as Adah (עָדָה); wife of Lamech; mother of Jabal and Jubal.
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Alternative names
- עָדָהAdah
Mentions
- And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
- Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
- Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.