אֲדָמָה

adamah

ah-dah-MAH

ground, soil, arable land

Where it comes from

Adam comes from adamah the way earthling comes from earth. The pun is deliberate and the Hebrew reader cannot miss it.

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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More words

neshamah gan shamar avad ezer shabat qara mayim tehom kokhav ets chata qol arum kutonet zera mavet chayah shuv berit ot mishpachah goy mizbeach