a.dul.lam is the proper name of a place named in settlement lists, royal listings, and accounts involving David.

The term consistently functions as a proper place-name: it identifies the site of a cave associated with David, a king in a list, a town among other named places, and a destination or boundary point in later statements.

1. Proper name of a named place · dominant

   Every supplied occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper and places the form within geographic or narrative identification. In 1 Samuel 22:1 the APB renders David as escaping “to the cave of Adullam,” while 1 Chronicles 11:15 and 2 Samuel 23:13 likewise locate David and his men at that cave; Joshua 12:15 names its king, and Nehemiah 11:30 includes it with villages, fields, and other settlements.

   1 Samuel 22:11 Chronicles 11:152 Samuel 23:13Joshua 12:15Joshua 15:35Nehemiah 11:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Adullam.” It appears in place lists, in “the king of Adullam,” and in the phrase “the cave of Adullam”; these renderings reflect the verse contexts.