I. שֵׁם864 noun masculine[2Sam 7:9] name (√ unknown; Thes שׁמה, compare BaZMG xli (1887), 635; LagBN 160 ושׁם, Arabic brand, mark, compare RSK 213, 303 ff. Köii. 1. 104; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (especially הַשֵּׁם = יהוה); Phoenician שם Lzb377; Assyrian šumu; Sabean סם HomChr 124; Ethiopic Arabic , , , ; Aramaic שֵׁם, שְׁמָא, also שׁוּם, שֻׁם (Köii. 1. 512), , , Old Aramaic, Palmyrene שם Lzb377); — absolute ׳שׁ [Gen 6:4] +; construct ׳שׁ [Gen 12:8] +, rarely שֶׁםֿ [1Sam 8:2] +; suffix שְׁמִי [Exod 3:15] +, שִׁמְךָ [Gen 32:9] +, שְׁמֶ֑ךָ [1Kgs 18:31] +, etc.; plural שֵׁמוֺת (rarely שֵׁמֹת) [Gen 2:20] +; construct שְׁמוֺת [Exod 6:16] +, suffix שְׁמוֺתָם [Num 13:4] +, שְׁמוֺתָן [Ezek 23:4] (twice in verse); — name:
1. of river [Gen 2:11]; [Gen 2:13]; [Gen 2:14], beasts v[Gen 2:19] v[Gen 2:20], city [Gen 26:33] (all J) +; היּוֺם ׳שׁ [Ezek 24:2], i.e. exact designation of it (+ הַזֶּה ׳אֶתעֶֿצֶם הַיּ).
2. a. usually of person: [Gen 4:17]; [Gen 4:19] (twice in verse) (J) +; as significant [1Sam 25:25], compare [Prov 21:24] especially in phrase וַיְהִי אִישׁ ֗֗֗ וּשְׁמוֺ אֶלְקָנָה [1Sam 1:1], compare [1Sam 9:1]; [1Sam 9:2], [Jer 37:13] + 28 t.; less often as גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֺ [1Sam 17:4], compare [Zech 6:12] + 5 t. (compare in Assyrian KraeBAS i. 430); frequently with קָרָא (q. v. 6, and Niph`al 2, Pu`al; note here, עַל ׳נִקְרָא שׁ in token of ownership [2Sam 12:28] (see Dr), [Isa 4:1]); rarely, שִׂים אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ [Judg 8:31], compare [2Kgs 17:34]; [Neh 9:7] ׳וַיָּ֫שֶׂם לָהֶם שׁ [Dan 1:7] with יֵאָמֵר [Gen 32:29] (J); change of name is without verb, as [Gen 17:15] (P), or (usually) with יִהְיֶה [Gen 35:10] (P) Israel shall be thy name. compare [Gen 17:5]; [1Kgs 18:31]; [1Chr 22:9], also ׳וַיַסֵּב אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ יְהו [2Kgs 23:34] = [2Chr 36:4], compare [2Kgs 24:17], and (suj. ׳י) עוֺלָם אֶתֶּןלֿוֺ ׳שׁ [Isa 56:5] מַהשְּֿׁמֶ֑ךָ [Gen 32:28], compare [Exod 3:13]; [Prov 30:4], מִית שְׁמֶ֑ךָ [Judg 13:17] be explicitly mentioned is: וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֺת [Ezra 10:16], ׳נִקְּבוּ בְשׁ [Num 1:17]; [1Chr 16:41]; [2Chr 28:15]; [2Chr 31:10]; [Ezra 8:20], ׳הַבָּאִים בְּשׁ [1Chr 4:38], ׳וַיָבזֹם בְּשׁ v[1Chr 4:41] of things, וּבְשֵׁמוֺת תִּקְדוּ [Num 4:32] (P), + v[Num 4:27] (read בְּשֵׁמֹת ᵐ5 Di Baen Gray); יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְּשֵׁם [Exod 33:12] (subject ׳י), i.e. acknowledge thee, personally (as mine), compare v[Exod 33:17] (both J); ׳פ ׳בְּשׁ as the representative of [1Sam 25:5]; [1Sam 25:9]; [1Kgs 21:8]; [Jer 29:25]; [Esth 2:22]; [Esth 3:12]; [Esth 8:8] (twice in verse); [Esth 8:10] (compare also 3).
\ \ b. = reputation; (1) וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶ֫ךָ [Gen 12:2] (J), גָּדוֺל כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדֹלִים אֲשֶׁר ׳וְעָשִׂתִי לִךָ שׁ בָּאָרֶץ [2Sam 7:9] make oneself a name ׳וְנַעֲשֶׂח לָנוּ שׁ [Gen 11:4] (J), ׳וַיַּעַשׂ לוֺ שׁ [2Sam 8:13], of ׳י [Jer 32:20], hence [Neh 9:10]; [Dan 9:15]; [Isa 63:12]; [Isa 63:14], so with שׂוּם [2Sam 7:23] = [1Chr 17:21] ׳וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בְּ [Ezek 16:14] (compare [1Chr 14:17]), [2Chr 26:15] עַדלְֿמֵרָחוֺק, v[2Chr 26:8] ׳וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁמוֺ עַדלְֿ; [2Sam 23:18]; [2Sam 23:22] = fame, glory, [Zeph 3:19]; [Zeph 3:20]; [Ezek 39:13]. — [Ezek 34:29] read perhaps שָׁלֹם ᵐ5 Siegf Be Toy; Co שָׁלֵם; Krae conjecture שָׁמֵן; אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם [Gen 6:4] (J), [Num 16:2] (J), אַנְשֵׁי שֵׁמוֺת [1Chr 5:24]; [1Chr 12:31] (van d. H. v.[1Chr 12:30]); with negative בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁ [Job 30:3] (2) bad sense, וְהוֺצִא עָלָיהָ שֵׁם רָ֑ע [Dan 22:14] compare [Dan 22:19]; [Neh 6:13] = byword [Ezek 23:10] טְמֵאַת ׳הַשּׁ [Ezek 22:5].
\ \ c. especially as giving a man kind of posthumous life, especially in his sons, אֵיןלִֿי בֵן בֵּעֲבוּר הַזְכֵּיר שְׁמִי [2Sam 18:18], ׳לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּ [Deut 25:7], compare v[Deut 25:6]; [Ruth 4:5]; [Ruth 4:10], without whom it is blotted out, etc., [Deut 25:6], compare [Num 27:4] (P), [Ruth 4:10], so that to destroy one's name = extirpate family (and שֵׁם sometimes Is || צֶרַע) [1Sam 24:22] (Gi v.[1Sam 24:21]), [2Sam 14:7] (|| שְׁאֵרִית), so of peoples [Deut 7:24]; [Deut 9:14]; [Deut 12:3]; [Isa 14:22] +; לאֹ יִוָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֺד [Nah 1:14] (of Nineveh); כֵּן יַעֲמֹד זַרְעֲכֶם וְשִׁמְכֶם [Isa 66:22] more abstract (|| זֵכֶר) [Job 18:17]; [Prov 10:7].
3. name, as designation of God, specifically of ׳י (especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isa2,3, Psalms): — first (in Hexateuch) in phrase ׳י ׳בְּשׁ ׳ק [Gen 4:26] (J), call with, i.e. use the name ׳י in worship, so [Gen 12:8]; [Gen 13:4]; [Gen 21:33]; [Gen 26:35] + (see קרא 2 c); hence, of place of worship, בְּכָלהַֿמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר אַוְּכִּיר מאתשְֿׁמִי שָׁם [Exod 20:24] (Gi v[Exod 20:21]); אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם [Deut 12:5]; [Deut 12:11] +; בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי [2Sam 7:13] + often; people come ׳י ׳לְשׁ [Josh 9:9] (RD), so ׳לְמֵעַן שׁ [1Kgs 8:41] = [2Chr 6:32]; [Isa 60:9] seek it [Ps 83:17] swear with ׳י ׳בְּשׁ [1Sam 20:42]; [Deut 6:13]; [Deut 10:20]; [Lev 19:12], compare (לַשָּׁוְא) [Exod 20:7] (twice in verse)=[Deut 5:11] (twice in verse); ׳י ׳תָּפַשׁ [Prov 30:9] נִקְרָא שְׁמִיעַלֿ, etc., in token of ownership (compare 2 a), [Jer 7:10] + ; = his reputation, fame, with עָשָׁה לוֺ, see 1 b (1), compare [Josh 7:9] ׳י ׳בְּשׁ, i.e. as his representative [Exod 5:23] (J), [1Sam 17:45]; [Deut 10:8]; [2Sam 6:18]; [2Kgs 2:24] + (see 2 a near the end); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of ׳י: שְׁמוֺ ׳י [Amos 5:8]; [Amos 9:6]; [Jer 33:2], וֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם [Exod 3:15] (E; || זֵכֶר; fundamental passage), [Exod 6:3] (P); ) עְבָאוֺת שְׁמוֺ׳(א ׳י [Amos 4:13]; [Amos 5:27]; [Jer 10:16]; [Jer 46:18] + 10 t. Jeremiah, Isa2, קַנָּא שְׁמוֺ ׳י [Exod 34:14] (J; compare [Exod 20:5]; [Nah 1:2]), ׳קָדוֺשׁ שׁ [Isa 57:15], ׳שׁ [וֺ] קָדְשִׁי [Amos 2:7]; [Ezek 39:7]; [Ezek 43:7]; [Ps 103:1] + often; hence object of knowledge [Isa 52:6]; [Jer 48:17], יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ [Ps 9:11] (|| דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love [Isa 56:5], ׳אֹהֲבֵי שׁ [Ps 5:12]; [Ps 69:37]; [Ps 119:132], fear [Ps 61:6], especially of praise, etc. (חִלֵּל, הִןכִּיר, הוֺדָה, בֵּרַח, etc.): לְשִׁמְךָ אֲוַמֵּר [2Sam 22:50] (|| אוֺדְךָ and so very often || ׳י) = [Ps 18:50], compare [1Chr 16:10]; [1Chr 29:13]; [Ps 45:18]; [Isa 26:13]; [1Kgs 8:33]; [1Kgs 8:35] = [2Chr 6:24]; [2Chr 6:26]; [Ps 8:2]; [Ps 8:10] +; כְּבוֺד שְׁמוֺ ׳חָבוּלי [Ps 29:2]; [Ps 96:8], and many comibinations; opposed to ׳א ׳חִלֵּל אֶתשֿׁ [Lev 18:21] +, ׳י ׳נקב שׁ [Lev 24:16], ׳נִאֵץ שׁ [Ps 74:10]; [Ps 74:18], etc.; הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֺרָא ׳הַשּׁ [Deut 28:58], compare [Neh 1:11] לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to ׳י to act according to his character [Jer 14:7]; [Jer 14:21]; [Ezek 20:9]; [Ezek 20:14]; [Isa 48:9]; [Isa 66:5]; [Ps 25:11]; [Ps 31:4] +; ׳י ׳שׁ is powerful agent, בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֺשִׁיעֵנִי [Ps 54:3] (|| בִּגְבוּרָֽתְךָ), compare [Ps 124:8] of ׳מַלְאַךָ י, ׳י says שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֺ [Exod 23:21] (E); הַשֵּׁם [Lev 24:11] is probably scribal substitution for word ׳י (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially with וַיִקֹּב compare GeiUrschr.273 f. Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of ׳הַשּׁ as personified or hypostasis, see LevyNHWB under the word Jastrs.see — קָרוֺב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ [Ps 75:2] is striking, but doubtful, < ᵐ5 Dy Che Gr Hup-Now ׳קֹרְאֵי שׁ, Du ׳קָרָנוּ בִשׁ (= קָרָאנוּ).
4. of false gods, use forbidden [Exod 23:13] (E), [Josh 23:7] (RD), compare [Hos 2:19]; [Ps 16:4]speak בְּשֵׁם אלהים אחרים [Deut 18:20] ׳א ׳קָרָא בְשׁ [1Kgs 18:24]; [1Kgs 18:25]; [1Kgs 18:26] ׳א ׳יֵלְכוּ בְשׁ [Mic 4:5].
5. = memorial, monument [Isa 55:13] (|| אוֺת; so Che Du > = fame Di-Kit), יָד וָשֵׁם ׳טוֺב מִבָּנִים וגו [Isa 56:5] (with word-play on ׳שׁ 1 c).
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