The word ´adha·mah' is translated ground, soil, or land. ´Adha·mah' refers to (1) ground as tilled, yielding sustenance (Ge 3:23); (2) piece of ground, landed property (Ge 47:18); (3) earth as material substance, soil, dirt (Jer 14:4; 1Sa 4:12); (4) ground as earths visible surface (Ge 1:25); (5) land, territory, country (Le 20:24); (6) whole earth, inhabited earth (Ge 12:3). ´Adha·mah' seems to be related etymologically to the word ´a·dham', the first man Adam having been made from the dust of the ground.Ge 2:7.
The Hebrew word adam is translated Adam. In addition to being a name, it means and is rendered man or earthling man, either one man or mankind in general on earth. (Gen. 1:26; 6:7; 7:21; 9:6; 1 Sam. 15:29) The word adam is related to another Hebrew word, adamah, which means earth or ground.
Basically then, the name Adam means of the earth, literally. God seems to have choosen this method for creating Adam so that he and all his offspring would have an affinity with our planet, not only being born here but of the very substance of it. This is our home and we feel bound to it. Astronaughts who have looked back from space have said similar to Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz there is no place like home.
And so, as in the words of the Psalmist. As regards the heavens, to Jehovah the heavens belong, But the earth he has given to the sons of men. Psalm 115:16.
The Hebrew word adam is translated Adam. In addition to being a name, it means and is rendered man or earthling man, either one man or mankind in general on earth. (Gen. 1:26; 6:7; 7:21; 9:6; 1 Sam. 15:29) The word adam is related to another Hebrew word, adamah, which means earth or ground.
Basically then, the name Adam means of the earth, literally. God seems to have choosen this method for creating Adam so that he and all his offspring would have an affinity with our planet, not only being born here but of the very substance of it. This is our home and we feel bound to it. Astronaughts who have looked back from space have said similar to Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz there is no place like home.
And so, as in the words of the Psalmist. As regards the heavens, to Jehovah the heavens belong, But the earth he has given to the sons of men. Psalm 115:16.
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