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.
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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
"Since I was born I have never experienced stable power supply. We call ourselves the giant of Africa but we can't fix electricity," complains Mr Adah as he works on a buttonhole.
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
Father is pleased as punch with Adah, I don’t care what he says—he put his arm around her shoulder in public!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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