Person
Adah עָדָה
wife of Lemech, mother of Yaval and Yuval
"The name of one Adah, and the name of the second Tzilah" (Bereshit 4:19). Adah bore Yaval and Yuval—those whom the Torah calls the fathers of those who dwell in tents with herds, and of all who handle harp and pipe.
To her and to Tzilah are addressed Lemech's words about blood (Bereshit 4:23)—the only direct speech in the chapter, and it is spoken to the wives.
The Torah gives no years.
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Tanakh
- Bereshit 4:17–24 — the line of Cain: seven generations and Lemech's four children
Chazal: Mishnah, Talmud, midrash, Zohar
- Bereshit Rabbah 23 — the exposition of the verses on the house of Lemech: on Adah and Zillah, on Naamah, and on the crafts of Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-Cain
Basis: stated in the Tanakh.