Hi
@Infinityloop long time no see (virtually speaking).
There is an interesting aspect to the creation of mankind. All the way through Genesis 1–3 we have
ha-adam and our English Bibles usually translate it as “man” or “the man.”
The Hebrew word
adam is translated either as “man” or “Adam” depending on context and on the presence or lack of the definite article (“the” in English,
ha in Hebrew). So “
ha-adam“ is translated usually as “the man” (referring to either an unspecified man or to mankind as a whole, depending on context), whereas
adam (without
ha) is translated as “Adam” (referring to the specific man by the name). Genesis 1:26 says “And God said, ‘let us make man [
adam, with no
ha before it] in our image’” and
1:27 is parallel to
verse 26, giving more definition and precision to the statement in
verse 26.
Verse 27 says “so God created man [
ha-adam] in His own image, in the image of God he created him.“ So we are thinking of a single man at this point. But then it adds “male and female he created them“ (plural). So now we see that “man” comes in two forms: male and female.
Also, the Torah states that Eve was created from one of Adam’s
“tzela”s (Genesis 2:21). The word
tzela means “side” the many other times it’s used in the Torah (e.g. several times in Exodus 26 and Ezekiel 41) – usually referring to the side of a building or structure. It can also mean rib but it seems to more closely be associated with its architectural connotation. I know that there is the opinion in the Talmud (Brachot 61a) that Adam and Eve were initially created as a single being – with male and female halves. While I'm not 100% sure about the specifics surrounding what the physical implications of such an idea is, I do think that the first creature (more accurately translated an
adam and not Adam) God created was split into male and female which is why marriage is defined as a man and woman cleaving and becoming one flesh - as they once were. Perhaps that is where God's assessment of homosexuality as sinful comes from -because in keeping with the links between sacred architecture (where
tzela represented a side of the temple for example) and the forming and distinction of the sexes who both form a construction of His image -homosexuality is sacrilegious. Its just an idea.