Adam ~ አዳም: The name “Adam” means earthy; red / HBN, (ዘፍ 2፡19) ... [Related term(s):- Admah, Adamah, Adami]

The name ‘Adam’ is derived from the wood ‘A‘dem’ (አ’ደም)፥ The meaning is ‘blood’; It can be interprated as ‘relative, alive, or red’ depending on the context. / Ibid.

It was the name given to the first man, “... and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.;” (Gen 2:19); “Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created;” (Gen 5:2); “That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam,” (Jos 3:16)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------አዳም ~Adam: አደመ፣ አደም፣ አዳም፣ ደማም፣ ቀይ፣ ደማዊ፣ እስትንፋስ ያለው፣ ህያው ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- አዱሚም፣ አዳሚ፣ አዳማ]

‘ደም’ ከሚለው ቃል የመጣ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ሦስት ሰዎች አሉ።

v    እግዚአብሔር አምላክ የፈጠረው የመጀመሪያው ሰው፥ (ዘፍ 2፡19)

v    የሰው ዘር ሁሉ አዳም ተብሎ ይጠራል፥ “የአዳም ... እግዚአብሔር አዳምን በፈጠረ ቀን በእግዚአብሔር ምሳሌ አደረገው” (ዘፍ 5፡1)

v    አዳም የሚለው መጠሪያ ሂዋንንም ያጠቃላላል፥ “ወንድና ሴት አድርጎ ፈጠራቸው፥ ባረካቸውም። ስማቸውንም በፈጠረበት ቀን አዳም ብሎ ጠራቸው” (ዘፍ 5:2)