ICANT writes:
What Hebrew word has the meaning of Adam?
The Hebrew word
adam. It refers to man/mankind in some places, or specifically to "the man" in some places, and in other places the same word is used as the name of one man, Adam.
ICANT writes:
The Hebrew word means man or mankind.
Now if you disagree with the Hebrew lexicon write your own, or produce one that defines as Adam a proper name.
Your own source defines
adam as "3. Adam, first man".
ICANT writes:
I ask again:
How do you know Genesis 5:1 refers to the account in Genesis 1:27?
I answer again: The same way we know that the Jesus in Matthew is the same as the Jesus in Mark, Luke and John. The accounts may vary somewhat but there's no reason to suggest that they refer to different people. Jesus is sometimes called Jesus, sometimes Christ, sometimes the Son of Man, etc., all different words, but you have no problem understanding that they refer to the same person. So why would you make a fundamental distinction between
the same word adam and Adam?
"It appears that many of you turn to Hebrew to escape the English...." -- Joseppi