Adam (name)

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Adam is a male given name and a family name .

Origin and meaning

Adam is the Hebrew word for "first fruits" and ,, the taken of red earth man "and refers to the Tanakh the first man. In Gen 2.7, this name is placed in relation to the Hebrew word adamah for the earth, out of his" dust "(Hebrew afar) man was formed by God. Probably one can trace adam and adama back to the basic meaning" skin, surface ".

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Individual evidence

  1. Cf. Claus Westermann: Genesis (Biblical Commentary AT I1) . Neukirchen-Vluyn 3rd edition 1983, p. 275.

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