1) Name & Identity Hebrew (MT): הֶבֶל (Heḇel), commonly “breath, vapor, transience.” LXX/NT: Ἅβελ (Habel). Status: Second son of Adam and Eve; shepherd; righteous worshiper;…

1) Name & Identity Hebrew (MT): קַיִן (Qayin, “Cain”). Genesis links the name with qānâ (קָנָה “to acquire”): “I have gotten (qānîtî) a man with…

1) Name & Identity Hebrew (MT): חַוָּה (Ḥawwāh) “Eve,” from חָיָה (ḥāyâ, “to live”); explicitly interpreted: “because she was the mother of all living” (Gen…

1) Name & Identity Name (MT): אָדָם (’ādām) — common noun “human(ity), man” (Gen 1:26–27; 2:5–7), title “the man” (hā’ādām), and proper name Adam (Gen…