Lexicon :: Strong's H8034 - šēm

1. of river Genesis 2:11, 13, 14, beasts Genesis 2:19; Genesis 2:20, city Genesis 26:33 (all J) +; היּוֺם שׁ׳ Ezekiel 24:2, i.e. exact designation of it (+ הַזֶּה אֶתעֶֿצֶם הַיּ׳).

2.

a. usually of person: Genesis 4:17, 19 (twice in verse) (J) +; as significant 1 Samuel 25:25, compare Proverbs 21:24; especially in phrase וַיְהִי אִישׁ ֗֗֗ וּשְׁמוֺ אֶלְקָנָה 1 Samuel 1:1, compare 1 Samuel 9:1, 2, Jeremiah 37:13 + 28 times; less often as גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֺ 1 Samuel 17:4, compare Zechariah 6:12 + 5 times (compare in Assyrian Krae^{BAS i. 430}); frequently with קָרָא (which see 6, and Niph. 2, Pu.; note here, עַל נִקְרָא שׁ׳ in token of ownership 2 Samuel 12:28 (see Dr), Isaiah 4:1); rarely, שִׂים אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Judges 8:31, compare 2 Kings 17:34; Nehemiah 9:7; וַיָּ֫שֶׂם לָהֶם שׁ׳ Daniel 1:7; with יֵאָמֵר Genesis 32:29 (J); change of name is without verb, as Genesis 17:15 (P), or (usually) with יִהְיֶה Genesis 35:10 (P) Israel shall be thy name. compare Genesis 17:5; 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 22:9, also וַיַסֵּב אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ יְהו׳ 2 Kings 23:34 2 Chronicles 36:4, compare 2 Kings 24:17, and (suj. י׳) עוֺלָם אֶתֶּןלֿוֺ שׁ׳ Isaiah 56:5; מַהשְּֿׁמֶ֑ךָ Genesis 32:28, compare Exodus 3:13; Proverbs 30:4, מִית שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Judges 13:17; be explicitly mentioned is: וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֺת Ezra 10:16, נִקְּבוּ בְשׁ׳ Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 28:15; 31:10; Ezra 8:20, הַבָּאִים בְּשׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 4:38, וַיָבזֹם בְּשׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 4:41; of things, וּבְשֵׁמוֺת תִּקְדוּ Numbers 4:32 (P), + Numbers 4:27 (read בְּשֵׁמֹת Di Baen Gray); יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְּשֵׁם Exodus 33:12 (subject י׳), i.e. acknowledge thee, personally (as mine), compare Exodus 33:17 (both J); פ׳ בְּשׁ׳ as the representative of 1 Samuel 25:5, 9; 1 Kings 21:8; Jeremiah 29:25; Esther 2:22; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:8 (twice in verse); Esther 8:10 (compare also 3).

b. = reputation;

(1) וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶ֫ךָ Genesis 12:2 (J), גָּדוֺל כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדֹלִים אֲשֶׁר וְעָשִׂתִי לִךָ שׁ׳ בָּאָרֶץ 2 Samuel 7:9; make oneself a name וְנַעֲשֶׂח לָנוּ שׁ׳ Genesis 11:4 (J), וַיַּעַשׂ לוֺ שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 8:13, of י׳ Jeremiah 32:20, hence Nehemiah 9:10; Daniel 9:15; Isaiah 63:12, 14, so with שׂוּם 2 Samuel 7:23 = 1 Chronicles 17:21; וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בְּ׳ Ezekiel 16:14 (compare 1 Chronicles 14:17), 2 Chronicles 26:15 עַדלְֿמֵרָחוֺק, 2 Chronicles 26:8 וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁמוֺ עַדלְֿ׳; 2 Samuel 23:18, 22; = fame, glory, Zephaniah 3:19, 20; Ezekiel 39:13. — Ezekiel 34:29 read perhaps שָׁלֹם Siegf Be Toy; Co שָׁלֵם; Krae conjecture שָׁמֵן; אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם Genesis 6:4 (J), Numbers 16:2 (J), אַנְשֵׁי שֵׁמוֺת 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 12:31 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:30); with negative בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁ� Job 30:3;

(2) bad sense, וְהוֺצִא עָלָיהָ שֵׁם רָ֑ע Dan 22:14; compare Dan 22:19; Nehemiah 6:13; = byword Ezekiel 23:10; טְמֵאַת הַשּׁ׳ Ezekiel 22:5.

c. especially as giving a man kind of posthumous life, especially in his sons, אֵיןלִֿי בֵן בֵּעֲבוּר הַזְכֵּיר שְׁמִי 2 Samuel 18:18, לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּ׳ Deuteronomy 25:7, compare Deuteronomy 25:6; Ruth 4:5, 10, without whom it is blotted out, etc., Deuteronomy 25:6, compare Numbers 27:4 (P), Ruth 4:10, so that to destroy one's name = extirpate family (and שֵׁם sometimes Is || צֶרַע) 1 Samuel 24:22 (Gi 1 Samuel 24:21), 2 Samuel 14:7 (|| שְׁאֵרִית), so of peoples Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 12:3; Isaiah 14:22 +; לאֹ יִוָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֺד Nahum 1:14 (of Nineveh); כֵּן יַעֲמֹד זַרְעֲכֶם וְשִׁמְכֶם Isaiah 66:22; more abstract (|| זֵכֶר) Job 18:17; Proverbs 10:7.

3. name, as designation of God, specifically of י׳ (especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isa^2,3, Psalms): — first (in Hexateuch) in phrase י׳ בְּשׁ׳ ק׳ Genesis 4:26 (J), call with, i.e. use the name י׳ in worship, so Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:35 + (see קרא 2c); hence, of place of worship, בְּכָלהַֿמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר אַוְּכִּיר מאתשְֿׁמִי שָׁם Exodus 20:24 (Gi Exodus 20:21); אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם Deuteronomy 12:5, 11 +; בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי 2 Samuel 7:13 + often; people come י׳ לְשׁ׳ Joshua 9:9 (R^D), so לְמֵעַן שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:41 2 Chronicles 6:32; Isaiah 60:9; seek it Psalm 83:17; swear with י׳ בְּשׁ׳ 1 Samuel 20:42; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; Leviticus 19:12, compare (לַשָּׁוְא) Exodus 20:7 (twice in verse)=Deuteronomy 5:11 (twice in verse); י׳ תָּפַשׁ׳ Proverbs 30:9; נִקְרָא שְׁמִיעַלֿ, etc., in token of ownership (compare 2a), Jeremiah 7:10 +; = his reputation, fame, with עָשָׁה לוֺ, see 1b (1), compare Joshua 7:9; י׳ בְּשׁ׳, i.e. as his representative Exodus 5:23 (J), 1 Samuel 17:45; Deuteronomy 10:8; 2 Samuel 6:18; 2 Kings 2:24 + (see 2a near the end); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of י׳ : שְׁמוֺ י׳ Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6; Jeremiah 33:2, וֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם Exodus 3:15 (E; || זֵכֶר; fundamental passage), Exodus 6:3 (P); ) עְבָאוֺת שְׁמוֺ (א׳ י׳ Amos 4:13; Amos 5:27; Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 46:18 + 10 times Jeremiah, Isa², קַנָּא שְׁמוֺ י׳ Exodus 34:14 (J; compare Exodus 20:5; Nahum 1:2), קָדוֺשׁ שׁ׳ Isaiah 57:15, שׁ׳ [וֺ] קָדְשִׁי Amos 2:7; Ezekiel 39:7; Ezekiel 43:7; Psalm 103:1 + often; hence object of knowledge Isaiah 52:6; Jeremiah 48:17, יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Psalm 9:11 (|| דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love Isaiah 56:5, אֹהֲבֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 5:12; Psalm 69:37; Psalm 119:132, fear Psalm 61:6, especially of praise, etc. (חִלֵּל, הִןכִּיר, הוֺדָה, בֵּרַח, etc.): לְשִׁמְךָ אֲוַמֵּר 2 Samuel 22:50 (|| אוֺדְךָ and so very often || י׳) = Psalm 18:50, compare 1 Chronicles 16:10; 1 Chronicles 29:13; Psalm 45:18; Isaiah 26:13; 1 Kings 8:33, 35 2 Chronicles 6:24, 26; Psalm 8:2; Psalm 8:10 +; כְּבוֺד שְׁמוֺ חָבוּלי׳ Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:8, and many combinations; opposed to א׳ חִלֵּל אֶתשֿׁ׳ Leviticus 18:21 +, י׳ נקב שׁ׳ Leviticus 24:16, נִאֵץ שׁ׳ Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:18, etc.; הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֺרָא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 28:58, compare Nehemiah 1:11; לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to י׳ to act according to his character Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ezekiel 20:9, 14; Isaiah 48:9; Isaiah 66:5; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 31:4 +; י׳ שׁ׳ is powerful agent, בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֺשִׁיעֵנִי Psalm 54:3 (|| בִּגְבוּרָֽתְךָ), compare Psalm 124:8; of מַלְאַךָ י׳, י׳ says שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֺ Exodus 23:21 (E); הַשֵּׁם Leviticus 24:11 is probably scribal substitution for word י׳ (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially with וַיִקֹּב compare Gei^{Urschr.273 f.} Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of הַשּׁ׳ as personified or hypostasis, see Levy^{NHWB under the word} Jastr^{s. see} — קָרוֺב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Psalm 75:2 is striking, but doubtful, < Dy Che Gr Hup-Now קֹרְאֵי שׁ׳, Du קָרָנוּ בִשׁ׳ (= קָרָאנוּ).

4. of false gods, use forbidden Exodus 23:13 (E), Joshua 23:7 (R^D), compare Hosea 2:19; Psalm 16:4;speak בְּשֵׁם אלהים אחרים Deuteronomy 18:20; א׳ קָרָא בְשׁ׳ 1 Kings 18:24, 25, 26; א׳ יֵלְכוּ בְשׁ׳ Micah 4:5.

5. = memorial, monument Isaiah 55:13 (|| אוֺת; so Che Du > = fame Di-Kit), יָד וָשֵׁם טוֺב מִבָּנִים וגו׳ Isaiah 56:5 (with word-play on שׁ׳ 1c).