First names in Hebrew

First name Adam: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אדם

Gematria value: 45

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Adam is written אדם

Meaning and origin

What does Adam mean?

Meaning: the human being, taken from the earth (adamah)
Origin: Hebrew

Adam is the first name in the Bible, and the first man. His name is a Hebrew word meaning "human being", and it is drawn from the earth: "God formed the man, adam, from the dust of the ground, adamah, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" (Genesis 2:7). A name that says where we come from: from the earth, and from breath.

Gematria

Adam = 45

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אדם has 3 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• דthe letter Dalet4
• םthe letter final Mem40
• Total45

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter final Mem

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Adam, from א to ם:

אָנֹכִי אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּ מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנּוּ אִם־לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ וְהִצַּגְתִּיו לְפָנֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְךָ כׇּל־הַיָּמִים׃

“I myself will be his guarantee; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will bear the blame before you all my days.”

Genesis 43:9

The book of your first name

Adam, in nine pages

• Adam, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Adam
• Adam, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Adam in three answers

How do you write Adam in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Adam is written אדם.

What is the gematria value of Adam?
Written אדם, Adam is worth 45: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter final Mem (40).

What does Adam mean?
The human being, taken from the earth (adamah) (origin: Hebrew). Adam is the first name in the Bible, and the first man. His name is a Hebrew word meaning "human being", and it is drawn from the earth: "God formed the man, adam, from the dust of the ground, adamah, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" (Genesis 2:7). A name that says where we come from: from the earth, and from breath.