Adamאדם
In the Bible
The prophet Adam (אדם) — first attested in Gen 4:25.
וַיֵּ֨דַע אָדָ֥ם עוֹד֙ אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁ֑ת כִּ֣י שָֽׁת־לִ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ זֶ֣רַע אַחֵ֔ר תַּ֣חַת הֶ֔בֶל כִּ֥י הֲרָג֖וֹ קָֽיִן׃
Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, meaning, “God has provided me with<sup class="footnote-marker">i</sup><i class="footnote"><b>provided me with </b>Or “established for me”; Heb. <i>shath</i>, connected with “Seth.”</i> another offspring in place of Abel,” for Cain had killed him.
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Adam (אדם) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| א | 1 | 1 |
| ד | 4 | 4 |
| ם | 40 | 4 |
| Total | 45 | 9 |
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Adam appears in the stellar reading on 12 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 8267 BCE | Cancer | 1 |
| 21 Oct 6352 BCE | Cancer | 3 |
| 11 Mar 5685 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 26 Mar 4831 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 5 Nov 4018 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 20 Mar 3242 BCE | Taurus | 2 |
| 21 Jun 1912 BCE | Taurus | 2 |
| 9 Nov 958 BCE | Aries | 2 |
| 18 Jul 144 BCE | Aries | 1 |
| 12 Jan 1994 | Pisces | 3 |
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |
| 4 Feb 1962 | Pisces | 1 |
Description
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems.
Facts
| Era | Edenic and Antediluvian |
| Spouse | Eve |
| Children | Cain, Abel and Seth |
| Parent | God (Father/Creator) |
Life & work in brief
Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| Narrative | In Genesis, the name "Adam" is given to the first human. |
| In the Hebrew bible | Genesis 1 tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, with humankind as the last of his creatures: "Male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam...". |
| Historicity | While a traditional view was that the Book of Genesis was authored by Moses and has been considered historical and metaphorical, modern scholars consider the Genesis creation narrative as one of various ancient origin myths. |
| Religious traditions | Louis Ginzberg retells a midrash that God himself took dust from all four corners of the earth, and with each color (red for the blood, black for the bowels, white for the bones and veins, and green for the pale skin), created Adam. |
| Cultural traditions | Some Mongolian Christians and Muslims thought Adam was the same person as Gautama Buddha. |
| Usage of the name | The Bible uses the word אָדָם ( 'adam ) in all of its senses: collectively ("mankind", Genesis 1:27), individually (a "man", Genesis 2:7), gender nonspecific ("man and woman", Genesis 5:1–2), and male (Genesis 2:23–24). |
Prophecies
Key prophetic utterances and visions attributed to Adam, with sources.
| Prophecy / vision | Source |
|---|---|
| The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head | Gen 3:15 |
| Eve named 'mother of all living' | Gen 3:20 |
| God taught Adam the names, all of them; the angels bow in his favour | Quran 2:31-34 |
| Adam and his wife slip; they turn together to God and are forgiven | Quran 7:23 |