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Adah , in the Bible. 1 Wife of Esau. 2 Wife of Lamech.

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Adah ♀ Biblical name, meaning ‘adornment’ in Hebrew, borne by the wives of Lamech (Genesis 4:19) and of Esau (Genesis 36:2). See also Ada.

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Ada ♀ Of uncertain origin; it was not in general use before the late 18th century. It may be a Latinate variant of the biblical name Adah. However, it has also been explained as a pet form of Adele and Adelaide, Germanic female names of which the first element is adal ‘noble’. It was borne by a 7th-century abbess of Saint-Julien-des-Prés at Le Mans.

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