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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
This name appears in the Book of Mormon in connection with the biblical PN '''ADAM''' of Genesis but is never given as a | This name appears in the Book of Mormon in connection with the biblical PN '''ADAM''' of Genesis but is never given as a name to a Book of Mormon individual. The name may be from the Hebrew ''ʾadam'' "man; human" (without the definite article), ''haʾadam'', "humanity" (with the definite article), which is a collective and therefore never used in the plural; literally, it means "mannkind."<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 09:28, 25 March 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 name to a Book of Mormon individual. The name may be from the Hebrew ʾadam "man; human" (without the definite article), haʾadam, "humanity" (with the definite article), which is a collective and therefore never used in the plural; literally, it means "mannkind."[1]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet:
Notes
- ↑ HALOT 1:13. It is also related to the Hebrew ʾadom, "red," and ʾadamah, "earth; land" (Ibid.; RFS).
