a.dam describes things made red, especially ram skins, and also marks red coloration in comparisons and appearance.

Its most visible use is for ram skins characterized as having been reddened. Elsewhere the verb occurs in statements and comparisons involving red coloration, while one passive participle appears in Nahum's chariot description without an explicit corresponding English color term in the APB.

1. Reddened ram skins · dominant

   In Exodus 25:5 the Pual passive participle occurs with rams' skins; the APB renders the item "skins of rams that have been reddened." The same plural passive participle recurs in the materials and coverings named in Exodus 26:14, Exodus 35:7, Exodus 35:23, Exodus 36:19, and Exodus 39:34.

   Exodus 25:5Exodus 26:14Exodus 35:23Exodus 35:7Exodus 36:19Exodus 39:34
2. Red coloration in comparison or observation · common

   Isaiah 1:18 uses a Hiphil imperfect in the comparison of sins with scarlet and crimson; the APB renders the clause "if they are red like crimson." Lamentations 4:7 uses a Qal perfect in describing the Nazirites as "redder in bone than jewels," while Proverbs 23:31 uses a Hithpael imperfect in the warning not to look at wine "when it is red."

   Isaiah 1:18Lamentations 4:7Proverbs 23:31
3. Reddish appearance in the chariot scene · rare

   Nahum 2:4 has a singular Pual passive participle within the description of chariots outside and rushing in the streets. The APB renders their appearance as "like torches" and their movement as "like lightning," but does not isolate an English color term for this participle.

   Nahum 2:4

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB repeatedly presents the Exodus participles with "reddened" in connection with rams' skins. It also uses "red" or "redder" in Isaiah 1:18, Lamentations 4:7, and Proverbs 23:31, whereas Nahum 2:4 describes a torch-like appearance without an explicit English color term; the paraphrase is not word-aligned.