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Genesis 25:30

וַ יֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶל יַעֲקֹב הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן הָ אָדֹם הָ אָדֹם הַ זֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי עַל כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמֹו אֶדֹום
And Prepared is saying toward Heel, `Cause me to swallow, now, from out of the Red one the Red one872 of This one, for faint is myself.` Upon thus he has called-out his name Red.
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Definite article he + adjective masculine singular adom = the Red one or the Ruddy one. Strong’s #122. Likened to blood,

And they are shouldering-up in the Dawn, and the Sun she-is-breaking-forth over the Dual-Waters, and the Moabites are seeing from-opposite side אֶת-the Dual-Waters are red [adom] like the Blood.” 2 Kings 3:22 literal