![]() The Maharal of Prague (1525-1609) explains that Adam’s name is associated with the ground to remind him that just as dirt is worthless, yet has great potential to foster growth, so too a person is physically worthless - for he is only made of dust and ashes - but has great potential for growth. 1:24), and yet the word adam never refers to them. However, all the animals were created from the earth (Gen. Some explain that Adam was called so because Adam is derived from adamah (“ground”), and Adam was created from the earth. ![]() In other words, just as it is grammatically incorrect to refer two men named Reuven collectively as Reuvenim, so is it incorrect to refer to two people as adamim. ![]() This is why, regardless of to whom the term adam refers in any given context, it is never modified to plural or female forms, because proper nouns are not conjugated that way. Malbim notes that the word adam is treated like a name. 1:26-27 and Zohar, Nasso 141b), as well as male and female. In this essay we explore the etymology of the Hebrew word adam, as well as its three synonyms.Īdam is the most all-encompassing word for “person/people,” as it encompasses both singular and plural (see Gen. The Zohar ( Tazria 48a) says that the three other words for humankind - enosh, ish, and gever - connote successively lower levels of spirituality. Adam is the name that represents humanity’s potential to reach the heights of spirituality. However, there are other words for “mankind” (or, as Justin Trudeau insists on calling us, “peoplekind”), and each term has its own connotations. Celebrating over 40 years in business, they’re proud to provide trusted substrate solutions that are naturally-sourced and professionally-designed, like aragonite and many others.The first man and all his descendants who collectively make up the human race share the same name: Adam. ![]() In fact, CaribSea products are the chemical support, biological filtration, and biodiversity backbone for many of the most spectacular aquatic and reptile displays ever created. That’s why CaribSea substrates are as precisely engineered as any piece of advanced equipment used by today's hobbyists and professionals, to not only look great but actually work to keep your aquatic environment healthy and thriving. ![]() CaribSea has been in the forefront of the principle that substrates are a piece of functional equipment for aquariums, not just a decorative afterthought. Since 1972, they have supplied hundreds of public aquariums, zoos, aquaculture facilities, public and private institutions, and hundreds of thousands of dedicated aquarists and herp lovers with the highest quality products fit for the novice and expert alike. At CaribSea, they take aquariums quite seriously. ![]()
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