The 'eth haa Aadam
 of Genesis 1:27
Genesis 1:27
Gen 1:27
27 So God created*1 man*2 in his own*3 image, in the image of God he created him; male and female
created he them*4.
*NOTE:
man*2 here is .
The
Article and
the
Particle are here with this particular occurrence of the word "man"
(aadam) in the Hebrew
manuscripts, we will cover that further below. |
Embedded notes in Scripture (by #):
*1
created = Hebrew word #1254 bara' (baw-raw'); a primitive root;
(absolutely) to create; to shape, to fashion, to create (always with God as
subject), used of heaven and earth, used of individual man, used of birth,
used of something new.
*2
man = Hebrew word #120: 'adam
(aw-dawm'); a human being (an
individual or the species, mankind, etc.): mankind (the much more frequently
intended sense in the Old Testament).
[See note at left]
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own = This word is not in the original
manuscripts and is in this case wrongly supplied. You will notice in the King James Version (KJV) and in the
New King James Version (NKJV) that this word is in italics, that means that
it is a word the translators added to make the verse more 'readable' in the
English. Also note that 'elohiym is a plural noun and does
not fit grammatically with "in his own image." Also see note
below.
*4
male and female created he them
= Notice here in Gen 1:27 that both male and female were
created at the same time. Contrast
this with Gen 2:7 where Adam is formed
(not created) first, and then in Gen 2:22 Eve is taken from him. This is
significant! Note: Whenever you see a word italicized in your KJV Bible it means that
the word is not in the original manuscripts, but was added by the
translators because sometimes one Hebrew or Greek word requires two or three
English words to properly relay the value of the word. Their intent was
harmless, but sometimes they were wrong. The translators were not aware that
there were two creation events and that this was speaking of the first event
involving many different peoples, thus the phrase: In God's OWN image is not
correct; the correct phrase is: In God and the Angels image ('elohiym).
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A Necessary Note on Genesis 1:27
(Especially to SCN students)
There is dilemma of
sorts here. Not really a dilemma in the Scriptures, but a dilemma
in the manner that we have taught them. And I myself am guilty of
this. What I mean is that many (including us in the past) have
placed so much emphasis on the 'eth haa-'aadam of Gen 2:7 that
the matter becomes completely confused when we are met with an 'eth
haa-'aadam here in Gen 1:27.
This (the 'eth
haa-'aadam in Gen 1:27) can only seen by reading from the
manuscripts themselves (which we include a picture of the text below for
you to share) because the Hebrew Article and Particles are not always
evident in the English Bible. In fact, the King James Bible leaves
us high and dry here, for while in the Hebrew the word "man"
in Gen 1:27 has BOTH
the Article and the particle, the Bible prints it simply as "man" without
even capitalizing it; i.e.,
"So God created man..."
(Gen 1:27). It doesn't even say "the man"
whereby we may have been alerted to the Article. So this is an
error with many to blame.
And many of the
greats have made this error; Pastor Murray doesn't teach it, Bullinger
omits it in his appendix #14 of the Companion Bible:
The Synonymous Words used
for "Man" where he says:
"[Adam] [w]ith the
particle
 ('eth)
in addition to the article it is very emphatic, and means self,
very, this same, this very,. See Genesis 2:7
(first occurrence),
8,15."
[You notice that Bullinger failed to mention Gen 1:27]
But then in
his footnotes in that same Companion Bible, for Gen 1:27 he says of this
word "man":
"Here the Heb[rew]
'adam has the art[icle] and the demonstrative Heb[rew] 'eth
[the particle], to indicate that the man Adam created in [Gen]2:7 was
the man purposed here."
Bullinger was wrong
in his assumption that they were speaking of the same man, for he did
not know of the two creation events, but he did notice the article and
the particle here but omitted it in his above appendix. So we are
not alone in this confusion, but
nevertheless, when one discovers that he has left something amiss, and
that correction is needed, it is best to simply make the correction and
move on. No man is perfect.
The Hebrew Particle is unrepresented in the English so that it does not appear in many transliterated
works. The Particle is an actual Strong's word and it's definition is as
follows:
(The Particle): Hebrew word #:853 'eth (ayth); apparent
contracted from [Hebrew word #]226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;
properly self, (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a
verb or preposition, even or namely): KJV - [as such unrepresented in English].
The different forms of the Hebrew word 'adaam
(Note: The Hebrew characters are reversed
from our English, and read right to left)
'adam is man, any man, men,
mankind.
haa-'adam
with
the Article is the man.
'eth haa-'adam with the Article & Particle is
this particular man Adam.
I know that it seems like the definitions are 'splitting hairs,'
but it is much easier to understand these words and their different meanings and
weights & values when viewing them in a Scripture:
Gen 1:26-27
26 And God said, Let us make man
in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man
in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them. KJV
Gen 2:7
7 And the LORD God formed man
of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life; and man
became a living soul. KJV
Because of the way that we
and others have taught it, it has come to mean in the students mind that 'eth haa Aadam
is like Adam's proper full name or something, like my name is Nick Goggin.
But this is not the case. 'eth haa Aadam does not mean Mr. Adam
Eden. While the man Adam from the Garden of Eden may
be properly called 'eth haa Aadam, it does not mean that it is his proper
name.
Literally, 'eth haa Aadam, means
This same man (that particular being spoken of). So that:
in Gen 2:7 we know that "This
same man" is talking about the one that the Lord God formed in the
Garden of Eden;
however, and but, the 'eth haa Aadam "This same man"
in Gen 1:27 is speaking of the male of the species who was created in the
image of God (which is male - all angels and God are male - there is no female
form in a spiritual body). This can be seen by carefully reading the
Scripture:
Gen 1:26-27
26 And God ['Elohiym] said, Let us make
man ['adaam] in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God ['Elohiym] created
man ['eth haa-'adaam] in his
own image, in the image of God ['Elohiym]
created he him; male and female created he them. KJV
In other words "in
the image of God created he him" (the male), but "male
and female created he them" (i.e., not in the image of 'Elohiym,
but that both male and female were created at the same time).
In other
words, indeed man (male) was created in the image of 'Elohiym (God), but the
female, while being fully human and a created human being, was not in the image
of the 'Elohiym.
In other words, God created the male whom He created, in his
image; but the female that He created, He did not create in his image; i.e.,
women do not look like the angels, nor like God, nor like Jesus, for those were
all male forms, and the women are female forms. Woman was created for this
age so that the Sons of God (the angels) could be born into the flesh of our
world (age). Males do not wombs. In Heaven all will be in male forms
once again.
I wonder if I am getting my
point across? If I am then you will be thinking to yourself how perfect
the Word of God is, for it differentiates things that we don't even know are
there (i.e., that females, while indeed being created by God, and blessed
(vs. 28), are simply not in His image).
And that is no big mystery,
for was not Jesus a male, circumcised on the eighth day, and yet He told His
Disciples that when they saw Him they had seen God; i.e., God is male
when in the flesh. Don't feel bad women, for even Eve was not in God's
image but was rather taken from Adam. It boggles the mind to imagine how
many other hidden truths are right there in the open within the Scriptures!
John 14:9
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not
known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and
how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? KJV
Luke 2:22-27
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were
accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that
openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;
...27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents
brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
[circumcision] KJV
This will be much easier to
understand for someone who is just learning of this, for those who have had the
'eth haa Aadam pounded into their heads as just about being as though the
title was tantamount to being 'Mr. Adam Eden' must first unlearn the
misconception
before being able to relearn the clarity of the matter. We apologize for any
contribution to the confusion that we may have caused in the past by over
emphasizing the value of 'eth haa-Adam in the Scripture of Gen 2:7 without
explaining the occurrence of the term in Gen 1:27. But we are
happy to rectify it with the grace of God. Also, there are over
three-hundred pages on this site and it could perchance be that this is not
clearly brought out in some other place. This document takes precedence
over any other discussion on the matter here on our site.
The 'eth haa Aadam of Genesis 1:27 & 2:7
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| Gen 1:27 - "So God created man...."
(KJV) |
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| Gen 2:7 - "And the LORD God formed
man...." (KJV) |
| Source:
INTERLINEAR TRANSLITERATED
BIBLE Copyright ©1994 by Biblesoft. All rights reserved. OLD
TESTAMENT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Copyright ©1967/77, 1983
Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft Stuttgart. Used by permission. |
In both of the above we see
Adam with BOTH the Article and the Particle. The Particle and Article in
Gen 1:27 is to denote that the man (the male of the species) is made in the
image of 'Elohiym (God) unlike the female;
but in Gen 2:7 the Article and the Particle are
to denote that this particular man (on the eighth day) in the Garden was formed by
Yehovah 'Elohiym (the Lord God) apart from the males created on the
previous creation (on the sixth day).
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