Rav Acha said when God was about to create Adam He consulted the ministering angels, and asked them, saying, " Shall we make man? B They enquired, " Of what good will this man be? " He replied, " His wisdom will be greater than yours. " One day, therefore, He brought together the cattle, the beasts, and the birds, and asked them the name of them severally, but they knew not. He then caused them to pass before Adam, and asked him, " What is the name of this and the other?
Then Adam replied, "This is an ox, this is an ass," and so on. "And thou, why is thy name Adam?" (i. e. in Hebrew, man). " I ought to be called Adam," was his reply, " f or I was created from Adamah " (the ground). "And what is My name? B " It is meet Thou shouldst be called Lord, for Thou art Lord over all Thy creatures." Rav Acha says, "<I am the Lord, that is My name" (Isa. xlii. 8). <That is