"And the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground"
The Hebrew word for earth is adama. It is no accident that the earth can yield fruit and bring life and that is an everlasting connection with man. There is great potential in that.
That gives us a little more insight into other verses like, Psalm 85:11-13
"11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps."
Like the ground, man can produce a virtually unlimited bounty of fruits.
The word Adam is comprised of the letter aleph, followed by dalet and mem, the letters than spell the word dam which means blood.
The letter aleph can also mean "to teach" in addition to leadership which is related The the word "aluf" which is a tribal leader. Even though there is great power in the blood it is considered to be lower in the aspect of man.
So you can keep your blood from boiling and getting mad by allowing "aluf" to control your "dam".
When you take dominion over your impulses (notice that pulse is within impulse) they become subject to God's created image. We resemble God.
This leads us to the word "adameh" which means I will liken myself, indicating one's ability to emulate God.
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