Adad

¹ American  

[ah-dahd] / ˈɑ dɑd /

noun

1. Babylonian god of storms and wind.

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ADAD ² American  

[ey-dad] / ˈeɪ dæd /

noun

1. a coded card or other device that when inserted into a telephone allows the user to reach a number without dialing.

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Etymology

Origin of ADAD

a(utomatic telephone) d(ialing-)a(nnouncing) d(evice)

Example Sentences

These tablets reveal that Ebla especially worshipped the storm god Adad, who was honored with the title “Ba‘al” or lord.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But below him, an image of Adad, the god of weather, is barely visible - lost to the ravages of time and climate change.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2022

In the Assyrian inscriptions he appears as a god of war, and the kings constantly compare the destruction which their armies had wrought with that of "Adad the inundator."

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Shamash and Adad, in their changeless regard to the king, my lord, have confirmed him in the kingdom of all lands.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

For at early dawn a black cloud came up from the horizon, Adad the Storm-god thundering in its midst, and his heralds, Nab� and Sharru, flying over mountain and plain.

From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by King, L. W. (Leonard William)