Biblical Proper Names: Biographies

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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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Adah

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

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Adah puts thoughts of home into print.(News) Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 8/12/1999
	Margaret Adah Levey Wensel.(Obituaries)(Obituary) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 9/25/2003
	Performing Menken: Adah Isaacs Menken and the Birth of American Celebrity Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2003