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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


This name appears in the Book of Mormon in connection with the biblical first person(s) in Genesis and is never given as a name to a Book of Mormon individual.<ref>It is from the Hebrew'' 'adam'' "human" (without the definate article), ''ha' adam'', "humanity" (with the definite article), which is a collective and therefore never used in the plural; literaly, it means "mankind" ([[Ludwig Koehler|Köhler]]-[[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner]]). It is also related to the Hebrew'' 'adom,'' "red," and'' 'adamah,'' "earth; land" (Ibid., p.13) ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]])</ref>
This name appears in the Book of Mormon in connection with the biblical PN '''ADAM''' of Genesis but is never given as a PN to a Book of Mormon individual. The name may be from the Hebrew ''ʾadam'' "human" (without the definite article), ''haʾadam'', "humanity" (with the definite article), which is a collective. Neither ''ʾadam'' nor ''ʾadamah'' is used in the plural.<ref>''HALOT'' 1:13. It is also related to the Hebrew ''ʾadom'', "red," and ''ʾadamah'', "earth; land" (Ibid.; RFS).</ref>


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 15:24, 25 February 2013

Biblical PN 1. First person(s) (1 Nephi 5:11; 2 Nephi 2:19, 22, 25; 9:21; Mosiah 3:11, 16, 19, 26; 4:7; 28:17; Alma 12:22, 23; 18:36; 22:12, 13; 40:18; 42:5; Helaman 14:16; Mormon 3:20; 9:12 (x2); Ether 1:3, 4; Moroni 8:8; 10:3)

Etymology

This name appears in the Book of Mormon in connection with the biblical PN ADAM of Genesis but is never given as a PN to a Book of Mormon individual. The name may be from the Hebrew ʾadam "human" (without the definite article), haʾadam, "humanity" (with the definite article), which is a collective. Neither ʾadam nor ʾadamah is used in the plural.[1]

Variants

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Notes


  1. HALOT 1:13. It is also related to the Hebrew ʾadom, "red," and ʾadamah, "earth; land" (Ibid.; RFS).