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Genesis 2:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 2:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 there were not yet any plants of the field nor had any herbs sprouted in the field, for the Lord God had not yet made it rain upon the earth and there was no one to till the soil. 6 He made a mist rise out of the ground to water the whole surface of the earth. 7 Then the Lord God formed man[a] out of the dust of the earth and he breathed his breath of life into his nostrils and man became a living creature.
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- Genesis 2:7 Man, in Hebrew adam, is the common name of the human species; only beginning in Gen 4:25 and 5:1 will it be regarded as the proper name of the first male. Here and in 3:19, 23, the author connects it with Hebrew adama, “earth.” This is not a scientific etymology but a popular one, based on assonance. In fact, it seems that adam derives from Sumerian ada-mu, “my father.” His companion, too, is initially called “woman” and receives the proper name “Eve” only from Gen 3:20 on. It seems that this name, haua in Hebrew, derives from Sumerian ama, “mother.”
