Adah
Americannoun
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one of the two wives of Lamech.
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the wife of Esau, and the mother of Eliphaz.
Example Sentences
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“We’re three houses away from her home, and we are not going away,” said Adah Crandall, an 18-year-old organizer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024
“We will do further assessment when the water entry points have been closed and the puddles are dry,” Adah Sudarsa, head of the local search and rescue office, said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
"I have two of those, just in case one fails," says Ozu Adah, a lean-muscled man with cropped hair who runs this shop in Choba, a university community in the southern state of Rivers.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023
Like previous Adah Rose summer showcases of the same name, “Carte Blanche” was programmed by the gallery’s interns and draws heavily from artists whose work the gallery has previously shown.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022
Adah just snorted again, but Leah smacked her forehead.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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