2095: Semitic Roots: Blood, Man, and Earth pt.1

There are a number of English words with etymological connections to the ideas of both dirt and red such as 'rust' and 'rubric' (originally referring to a stamp made of clay) but this same pattern is much clearer in Hebrew with the words אדום (adom) for 'red', and אדמה (adama) for 'earth'. This root in Hebrew also makes 'אדום (adam) for 'man' and is related to the Akkadian word 'adamu' for 'blood' from the root '*dam'. There will be more on this in the following post.

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