KiNgDOm EaRTh aND DuST

The final word that relates to kingdom comes from the Torah’s description that, “God created man, dust from the earth” (הָמָדֲאָן הִר מָפָם עָדָאָת הֶים אִהֹ-לֱר הוי' אֶיצִּיָו). The word for “Earth,” adamah (הָמָדֲא), is cognate with blood. The Torah is explicitly saying that man is both red and comes from the earth. The union of man with the earth from which he was created (everything comes from the dust and returns to the dust), that is kingdom. In fact, the word for the “dust” (ןֶמֹּד), domen, that is left over and returns to the earth also stems from the word for earth and hence from “blood.”