Addar
ad.dar is used as a proper name for a son of Bela and for a location on a boundary route.
The attested uses divide between a personal name in a genealogy and a place name in a boundary description: 1 Chronicles 8:3 names Addar among Bela’s sons, while Joshua 15:3 includes Addar in a route of territorial markers.
Senses in use
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Personal name in Bela’s family line · dominant
In 1 Chronicles 8:3, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in the list of Bela’s sons. The APB renders the list, “The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, and Abihud.”
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Place name on a boundary route · common
In Joshua 15:3, the form is tagged Noun · Proper within a sequence of places through which the boundary passes and turns. The APB renders the clause “ascended to Addar, and turned to Karka.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents “Addar” as a name in both verses: among Bela’s sons in 1 Chronicles 8:3 and as a point on a boundary route in Joshua 15:3. These renderings are read alongside the proper-noun tags and clause contexts.