Re: Adam (for Robert Squires)
Robert Squires (r-squires@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 12 May 1997 02:36:58 -0400
At 02:19 / 12-05-97 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>SQUIRES
>>
>>The above debate sounds not only believable but very typical. Knowing how
>>to ask the right questions - such as a 90-foot Adam (from hadeeth
>>literature, not the Qur'an) and that Adam spoke Arabic - can certainly
>>embarrass Muslims.
>
>yoel-
>Is his name "Adam" in Arabic? Does it mean the same in Arabic? In Hebrew,
>"adam" means man. It comes from "adamah", which means "earth" or "soil".
>Eve "hhavah" means "alive".
>
SQUIRES-2
Yes, in Arabic his name is Adam. Though "Aadam" with a long initial "Aa"
might be more phonetical. I don't the the origin or meaning of this name,
and don't have an Arabic dictionary handy. When my books arrive from
Kuwait, remind me to look it up. The word for "man" in Arabic is "insan"
and "earth/soil" is "ardh". Neither of these is close to Adam, though
there might be some synonyms.
Robert Squires
r-squires@worldnet.att.net