Ancient Minutus I

Why is the protrusion on a man's neck called an Adam's Apple?

In Hebrew, the name Adam means man. It may have been derived from the word Hebrew word adamah, which means ground or dust. Both words, Adam and adamah, stem from the root edom, which means red. The Greeks called the region of Edom "Idumea, land of the red people" (modern day southwestern Jordan). Genesis 2:7: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground..."

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