Adam

Biblical PN Name of first person() created by God (1 Nephi 5:11; 2 Nephi 2:19, 22, 25; 9:21; Mosiah 3:11, 16, 19, 26; 4:7; 28:17; Alms 12:22, 23; 18:36; 22:12, 13; 40:18; 42:5; Helaman 14:16; Mormon 3:20; 9:12 [2x]; Ether 1:3, 4; Moroni 8:8; 10:3)

Etymology: This name appears in the Book of Mormon in connection with the biblical PN ADAM of Genesis but is never given otherwise as a name to a Book of Mormon individual. The PN ADAM is from the Hebrew noun ‘ādām, hā’ādām, “humanity, mankind, human, person; man,” which “is a collective and is therefore never used in the plural; it means, literally, ‘mankind.’” Luther instinctively translated the word very well with ‘Menschen’” in Genesis 1:26-27; compare Leviticus 18:5. ‘Ādām is used in Genesis 5:1 as a proper name, which is not the case in Genesis 1-3. ‘Ādām, “man,” ‘ādāmâ, “earth” (‘ādōm, “red”), is the theme of Genesis 2:4b-25; compare Genesis 3:17b hā’ădāmâ, dust.” This also applies to Ugaritic adm, “mankind,” as well as in the phrase il ab adm, “El, the Father of mankind,” in the Epic of Kirta. Note, however, the comment made by Ivar Engnell, who sees ADAM in Genesis 1:26 as “divine”; see Pearl of Great Price, Moses 1:34; 6:9.