אדם

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑdɑm/

Proper noun

אדם • (adám)

1. (biblical) Adam.
2. a male given name.

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Hebrew

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈdam/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔˈdɔm/, [ˈɔ.dɔm]
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdam/
• (Yemenite Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈðɔm/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaːˈdaːm/

Etymology 1

Root
א־ד־ם (ʾ-d-m)

Cognate with Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm, “man, earthling”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm, “man”), Old South Arabian 𐩱𐩵𐩣 (ʾdm, “vassals, subjects”), Ge'ez ዶም (dom, “slave”). Historically, there has been confusion with the root for "red", which is unrelated.

Noun

אָדָם • (adám) m

1. person, human, human being
2. mankind, humankind

   אָדָם לְאָדָם זְאֵב ― adám l'adám z'év ― Man is a wolf to man. (cf. homō hominī lupus)

3. man

Usage notes

For plural, בני אדם or אנשים can be used.

Synonyms

• אִישׁ ('ish), בֶּן־אָדָם (ben-adám), בֶּן־אֱנוֹשׁ (ben-enósh), בֶּן־תְּמוּתָה

Derived terms

• אָדָם לְאָדָם זְאֵב
• מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם

Descendants

• → Arabic: آدَم (ʔādam)
• → Aramaic: אָדָם / ܐܳܕܳܡ (ʾāḏām)
• → Ge'ez: አዳም (ʾädam)

Proper noun

אָדָם • (adám) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adam

Derived terms

• בֶּן־אָדָם (ben-adám)

References

• chapter DM, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• H120 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Root
א־ד־ם (ʾ-d-m)

Adjective

אָדֹם • (adóm) (feminine אֲדֻמָּה, masculine plural אֲדֻמִּים, feminine plural אֲדֻמּוֹת)

1. defective spelling of אדום ('adóm, “red”).

Noun

אֹדֶם • (ódem) m

1. defective spelling of אודם (ódem, “redness”).

Anagrams

• מאד