אודם

Hebrew

אודם אדום (“red lipstick”)

Root
א־ד־ם (ʾ-d-m)

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔudm/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoː.ðɛm/, [ˈʔoː.ðɛm]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔø.ðam/, [ˈʔøː.ðæm]
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔo.dem/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)o.dem/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)oj.dem/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)o.dem/

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Noun

אודם / אֹדֶם • (ódem) m (plural indefinite אודמים / אֳדָמִים, plural construct אודמי / אָדְמֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. carnelian, sard [Biblical]
2. ruby (a clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone) [Modern]
3. red, redness
4. (dated) blush

   לחיי התכסו באודם. ― My cheeks became covered with blush.

5. lipstick

Historically, אֹדֶם referred to carnelian, sard, and sardonyx, as detailed in Ayil (2024).

Synonyms

• (blush): סומק / סֹמֶק
• (lipstick): שְׂפָתוֹן

References

• Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 3 ‮אֹדֶם‬‎ ʾōḏem—Carnelian". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_004
• “אודם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אודם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he