A primitive root meaning to adorn or put on ornaments. Used literally of wearing jewelry and figuratively of God adorning Jerusalem.
Adah carries deeply relational theology. In Ezekiel 16:11-13, God adorned orphaned Jerusalem with bracelets, chains, and a crown β the language of covenant love. The tragedy: Israel used these adornments to attract other lovers (Hosea 2:13). Yet the promise remains: God will adorn His people again (Isaiah 61:10).