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Genesis 10:19

וַ יְהִי גְּבוּל הַ כְּנַעֲנִי מִ צִּידֹן בֹּאֲכָה גְרָרָה עַד עַזָּה בֹּאֲכָה סְדֹמָה וַ עֲמֹרָה וְ אַדְמָה וּ צְבֹיִם עַד לָשַׁע
And he is becoming the boundary of the Humbled from Hunt, coming in Dragged-ward,400 until Fierce401 coming in Sodom-ward, and Gomorrah,402 and Admah, and Zeboim, until Lasha.403
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Admah is the feminine (Strong’s #126) of Adam (Man), as in Man-City. Zeboim (Strong’s #6636) means gazelles, beautifulty, glorious, goodly, pleasant, roebuck. Lasha (Strong’s #3962) possibly means pierce, bore, chink, fissure, break through; a boiling spring. Cf. Gesenius.