Who is…
Adah

Hebrew: עָדָ֔ה —meaning: The original pre-Flood meaning is unknown, but Adah came to mean ornament, adorned, or gorgeously adorned.

also known as: ʿAda

This is the name of 2 biblical women; neither were Israelites. The name appears 8 times in Scripture.

1. Adah, a noted pre-Flood woman

   She was the 1st of Lamech’s 2 wives, and the mother of both Jabal and Jubal (Genesis 4:19-20; 4:23).

   All were contemporary with the first man, Adam.

2. Adah, a Hittite

   also known as: Bashemath

   She was the 1st of Esau’s 3 wives.

   She is a daughter of Elon the Hittite (Genesis 36:2, 4), and is also called Bashemath (Genesis 26:34).

   Adah’s most notable brother-in-law was Jacob (aka Israel—the father of the Israelites).