Hagar: The Immigrant
May 03, 2022
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Names are important. In the book of Genesis especially, names are often playful puns.
Names
The name Adam (adam/אדם) in biblical Hebrew is a pun on the word adamah (אדמה) for land, soil, or ground. The name Eve (heva/חוה) is derived from the verb “to live, to be alive.” Likewise the name Abram is derived from av meaning...
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