שֵׁם
name
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H8034 appears in the Book of Genesis — 95 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis
- Genesis 2:11 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:13 וְ/שֵֽׁם conj + n c ms cs The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
- Genesis 2:14 וְ/שֵׁ֨ם conj + n c ms cs The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
- Genesis 2:19 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:20 שֵׁמ֗וֹת n c mp The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
- Genesis 3:20 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
- Genesis 4:17 שֵׁ֣ם כְּ/שֵׁ֖ם n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 4:19 שֵׁ֤ם וְ/שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- Genesis 4:21 וְ/שֵׁ֥ם conj + n c ms cs His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.
- Genesis 4:25 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
- Genesis 4:26 שְׁמ֖/וֹ בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
- Genesis 5:2 שְׁמָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
- Genesis 5:3 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
- Genesis 5:29 שְׁמ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."
- Genesis 6:4 הַ/שֵּֽׁם ptcl def.art + n c ms The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 10:25 שֵׁ֣ם וְ/שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
- Genesis 11:4 שֵׁ֑ם n c ms They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
- Genesis 11:9 שְׁמָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Yahweh confused the language of all the earth, there. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:29 שֵׁ֤ם וְ/שֵׁ֤ם n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 12:2 שְׁמֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Genesis 12:8 בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 13:4 בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 16:1 וּ/שְׁמָ֥/הּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 16:11 שְׁמ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
- Genesis 16:13 שֵׁם n c ms cs She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
- Genesis 16:15 שֶׁם n c ms cs Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
- Genesis 17:5 שִׁמְ/ךָ֖ שִׁמְ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
- Genesis 17:15 שְׁמָ֖/הּ שְׁמָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
- Genesis 17:19 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
- Genesis 19:22 שֵׁם n c ms cs Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:37 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. The same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
- Genesis 19:38 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. The same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
- Genesis 21:3 שֶׁם n c ms cs Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
- Genesis 21:33 בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
- Genesis 22:14 שֵֽׁם n c ms cs Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-Jireh. As it is said to this day, "In Yahweh's mountain it will be provided.
- Genesis 22:24 וּ/שְׁמָ֣/הּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bare Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
- Genesis 24:29 וּ/שְׁמ֣/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
- Genesis 25:1 וּ/שְׁמָ֥/הּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
- Genesis 25:13 שְׁמוֹת֙ בִּ/שְׁמֹתָ֖/ם n c mp cs prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Genesis 25:16 שְׁמֹתָ֔/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
- Genesis 25:25 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
- Genesis 25:26 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
- Genesis 25:30 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
- Genesis 26:18 שֵׁמ֔וֹת כַּ/שֵּׁמֹ֕ת n c mp prep det + n c mp Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
- Genesis 26:20 שֵֽׁם n c ms cs The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
- Genesis 26:21 שְׁמָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called the name of it Sitnah.
- Genesis 26:22 שְׁמָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."
- Genesis 26:25 בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם prep + n c ms cs He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.
- Genesis 26:33 שֵׁם n c ms cs He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
- Genesis 27:36 שְׁמ֜/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"
- Genesis 28:19 שֵֽׁם שֵׁם n c ms cs n c ms cs He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Genesis 29:16 שֵׁ֤ם וְ/שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- Genesis 29:32 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."
- Genesis 29:33 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She conceived again, and bare a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.
- Genesis 29:34 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.
- Genesis 29:35 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She conceived again, and bare a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
- Genesis 30:6 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.
- Genesis 30:8 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:11 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
- Genesis 30:13 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
- Genesis 30:18 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.
- Genesis 30:20 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:21 שְׁמָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
- Genesis 30:24 שְׁמ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."
- Genesis 31:48 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed
- Genesis 32:2 שֵֽׁם n c ms cs When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's host." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
- Genesis 32:27 שְּׁמֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
- Genesis 32:28 שִׁמְ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
- Genesis 32:29 שְׁמֶ֔/ךָ לִ/שְׁמִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.
- Genesis 32:30 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
- Genesis 33:17 שֵׁם n c ms cs Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his cattle. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
- Genesis 35:8 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.
- Genesis 35:10 שִׁמְ/ךָ֣ שִׁמְ/ךָ֨ שְׁמֶ֔/ךָ שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.
- Genesis 35:15 שֵׁ֣ם n c ms cs Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
- Genesis 35:18 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.
- Genesis 36:10 שְׁמ֣וֹת n c mp cs these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.
- Genesis 36:32 וְ/שֵׁ֥ם conj + n c ms cs Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:35 וְ/שֵׁ֥ם conj + n c ms cs Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 36:39 וְ/שֵׁ֥ם וְ/שֵׁ֨ם conj + n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- Genesis 36:40 שְׁמ֞וֹת בִּ/שְׁמֹתָ֑/ם n c mp cs prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
- Genesis 38:1 וּ/שְׁמ֥/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
- Genesis 38:2 וּ/שְׁמ֣/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
- Genesis 38:3 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
- Genesis 38:4 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
- Genesis 38:5 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
- Genesis 38:6 וּ/שְׁמָ֖/הּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- Genesis 38:29 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.
- Genesis 38:30 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
- Genesis 41:45 שֵׁם n c ms cs Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:51 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
- Genesis 41:52 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
- Genesis 46:8 שְׁמ֧וֹת n c mp cs These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
- Genesis 48:6 שֵׁ֧ם n c ms cs Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
- Genesis 48:16 שְׁמִ֔/י וְ/שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + n c ms cs the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
- Genesis 50:11 שְׁמָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore, the name of it was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“name” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun שם (shêm). Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 770 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Genesis 2:11, it enters the text early. It shares a root with שום, שום and תשומת. See the sense tree, 770-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8034 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 770
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 770 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #51
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 51 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 770 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 770 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 307 verses · 40%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 245 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 218 verses · 28%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Name 598×, Names 47×, Is his name 20×
- American Standard Version†: Name 494×, 's name 46×, Names 39×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Name 510×, Names 37×, Named 36×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Name 422×, Name of 254×, Names 58×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8034 across 858† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8034 across 858† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 133 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8034 across 769† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 54 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 94 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8034 across 894† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 39 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שם I
- 1. of river Gn 2:11, 13, 14, beasts v 19, 20, city 26:33 (all J) +; שׁ׳ היּוֹם †Ez 24:2, i.e. exact designation of it (+ אֶת־עֶצֶם הַיּ׳ הַזֶּה). e.g. Genesis 2:11
- 2.
- a. usually of pers.: Gn 4:17, 19(×2) (J) +; as signif. 1 S 25:25, cf. Pr 21:24; especially in phr. וַיְהִי אִישׁ … וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה 1 S 1:1, cf. 9:1, 2, Je 37:13 + 28 times; less often as גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֹ 1 S 17:4, cf. Zc 6:12 + 5 times (cf. in Assyrian KraeBAS i. 430); freq. c. קָרָא (q.v. 5 e, 6; Niph. 2, Pu.; note here, נִקְרָא שׁ׳ עַל in token of ownership 2 S 12:28 (v. Dr), Is 4:1); rarely, שִׂים אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Ju 8:31, cf. 2 K 17:34; Ne 9:7; וַיָּ֫שֶׂם לָהֶם שׁ׳ Dn 1:7; c. יֵאָמֵר Gn 32:29 (J); change of name is without vb., as Gn 17:15 (P), or (usually) c. יִהְיֶה Gn 35:10 (P) Isr. shall be thy name, cf. 17:5; 1 K 18:31; 1 Ch 22:9, also וַיַּסֵּב אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יְהו׳ 2 K 23:34 = 2 Ch 36:4, cf. 2 K 24:17, and (subj. י׳) שׁ׳ עוֹלָם אֶתֶּן־לוֹ Is 56:5; מַה־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ Gn 32:28, cf. Ex 3:13; Pr 30:4, מִי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Ju 13:17; be explicitly mentioned is: וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֹת Ezr 10:16, נִקְּבוּ בְשׁ׳ Nu 1:17; 1 Ch 16:41; 2 Ch 28:15; 31:19; Ezr 8:20, הַבָּאִים בְּשׁ׳ 1 Ch 4:38, וַיָּבֹאוּ הַכְּתוּבִים בְּשׁ׳ v 41; of things, וּבְשֵׁמוֹת תִּפְקְדוּ Nu 4:32 (P), + v 27 (read בְּשֵׁמֹת 𝔊 Di Baen Gray); יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְּשֵׁם Ex 33:12 (subj. י׳), i.e. acknowledge thee, personally (as mine), cf. v 17 (both J); בְּשׁ׳ פ׳ as the representative of 1 S 25:5, 9 1 K 21:8 Je 29:25 Est 2:22; 3:12; 8:8(×2), 10 (cf. also 3). e.g. Genesis 4:17
- b. = reputation; (1) וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Gn 12:2 (J), וְעָשִׂתִי לְךָ שׁ׳ גָּדוֹל כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדֹלִים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ 2 S 7:9; †make oneself a name וְנַעֲשֶׂה לָנוּ שׁ׳ Gn 11:4 (J), וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ שׁ׳ 2 S 8:13, of י׳ Je 32:20, hence Ne 9:10 Dn 9:15, Is 63:12, 14, so c. שׂוּם 2 S 7:23 = 1 Ch 17:21; וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בְּ׳ Ez 16:14 (cf. 1 Ch 14:17), 2 Ch 26:15 עַד־לְמֵרָחוֹק, v 8 וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁמוֹ עַד־לְ׳; 2 S 23:18, 22; = fame, glory, Zp 3:19, 20 Ez 39:13.—34:29 read perhaps שָׁלֹם 𝔊 Siegf Be Toy; Co שָׁלֵם; Krae conj. שָׁמֵן; אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם Gn 6:4 (J), Nu 16:2 (J), אַנְשֵׁי שַׁמוֹת 1 Ch 5:24; 12:31 (van d. H. v 30); c. neg. בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם Jb 30:8; (2) bad sense, וְהוֹצִא עָלֶיהָ שֵׁם רָ֑ע Dt 22:14, cf. v 19 Ne 6:13; = byword Ez 23:10; טְמֵאַת הַשּׁ׳ 22:5. e.g. Genesis 12:2
- c. especially as giving a man a kind of posthumous life, especially in his sons, אֵין־לִי בֵן בַּעֲבוּר הַזְכִּיר שְׁמִי 2 S 18:18, לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּ׳ Dt 25:7, cf. v 6 Ru 4:5, 10, without whom it is blotted out, etc., Dt 25:6, cf. Nu 27:4 (P), Ru 4:10, so that to destroy one’s name = extirpate family (and שֵׁם sometimes is ‖ זֶרַע) 1 S 24:22 (Gi v 21), 2 S 14:7 (‖ שְׁאֵרִית), so of peoples Dt 7:24; 9:14; 12:3 Is 14:22 +; לֹא יָזָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֹד Na 1:14 (of Nineveh); כֵּן יעֲמֹד זַרְעֲכֶם וְשִׁמְכֶם Is 66:22; more abstr. (‖ זֵכֶר) Jb 18:17 Pr 10:7. e.g. 2 Samuel 18:18
- 3. name, as designation of God, specif. of י׳ (especially Je Ez Is 2, 3 ψψ):—first (in Hex) in phr. ק׳ בְּשׁ׳ י׳ Gn 4:26 (J), call with, i.e. use the name י׳ in worship, so 12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:35 + (v. קרא 2 c); hence, of place of worship, בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת־שְׁמִי שָׁם Ex 20:24 (Gi v 21); אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם Dt 12:5, 11 +; בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי 2 S 7:13 + often; people come לְשׁ׳ י׳ Jos 9:9 (RD), so לְמַעַן שׁ׳ 1 K 8:41 = 2 Ch 6:32, Is 60:9; seek it ψ 83:17; swear with בְּשׁ׳ י׳ 1 S 20:42 Dt 6:13; 10:20 Lv 19:12, cf. (לַשָּׁוְא) Ex 20:7(×2) = Dt 5:11(×2); תָּפַשׂ שׁ׳ י׳ Pr 30:9; נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עַל־, etc., in token of ownership (cf. 2 a), Je 7:10 + (v. p. 896 a); = his reputation, fame, c. עָשָׂה לוֹ, v. 1 b (1), cf. Jos 7:9; בְּשׁ׳ י׳, i.e. as his representative Ex 5:23 (J), 1 S 17:45 Dt 10:8 2 S 6:18 2 K 2:24 + (v. 2 a ad fin.); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of י׳: י׳ שְׁמוֹ Am 5:8; 9:6 Je 33:2, זֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם Ex 3:15 (E; ‖ זֵכֶר; fundamental passage), 6:3 (P); צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ (א׳) י׳ Am 4:13; 5:27 Je 10:16; 46:18 + 10 times Je Is 2, י׳ קַנָּא שְׁמוּ Ex 34:14 (J; cf. 20:5 Na 1:2), קָדוֹשׁ שׁ׳ Is 57:15, שׁ׳ קָדְשִׁי[וֹ] Am 2:7 Ez 39:7; 43:7 ψ 103:1 + often; hence object of knowledge Is 52:6 Je 48:17, יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ψ 9:11 (‖ דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love Is 56:6, אֹהֲבֵי שׁ׳ ψ 5:12; 69:37; 119:132, fear 61:6, especially of praise, etc. (הִלֵּל, הִזְכִּיר, הוֹדָה, בֵּרַךְ, etc.): לְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּר 2 S 22:50 (‖ אוֹדְךָ, and so very often ‖ י׳) = ψ 18:50, cf. 1 Ch 16:10; 29:13 ψ 45:18 Is 26:13 1 K 8:33, 35 = 2 Ch 6:24, 26 ψ 8:2, 10 +; הָבוּ לי׳ כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ 29:2; 96:8, and many combinations; opp. חִלֵּל אֶת־שׁ׳ א׳ Lv 18:21 +, נקב שׁ׳ י׳ 24:16, נִאֵץ שׁ׳ ψ 74:10, 18, etc.; הַשּׁ׳ הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא Dt 28:58, cf. Ne 1:11, לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to י׳ to act according to his character Je 14:7, 21 Ez 20:9, 14 Is 48:9; 66:5 ψ 25:11; 31:4 +; שׁ׳ י׳ is powerful agent, בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי 54:3 (‖ בִּגְבוּרָתְךָ), cf. 124:8; of מַלְאַךְ י׳, י׳ says שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ Ex 23:21 (E); הַשֵּׁם Lv 24:11 is prob. scribal substitution for word י׳ (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially c. וַיִּקֹּב cf. GeiUrschr. 273 f. Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of הַשּׁ׳ as personif. or hypostasis, v. LevyNHWB s. v. Jastr s. v..—קָרוֹב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ψ 75:2 is striking, but doubtful, קֹרְאֵי שׁ׳, Du קָרָנוּ בִשׁ׳ (= קָרָאנוּ). e.g. Genesis 4:26
- 4. of false gods, use forbidden Ex 23:13 (E), Jos 23:7 (RD), cf. Ho 2:19 ψ 16:4; speak בְּשֵׁם אלהים אחרים Dt 18:20; קָרָא בְשׁ׳ א׳ 1 K 18:24, 25, 26; יֵלְכוּ בְשׁ׳ א׳ Mi 4:5. e.g. Exodus 23:13
- 5. = memorial, monument Is 55:13 (‖ אוֹת; so Che Du > = fame Di-Kit), יָד וָשֵׁם טוֹב מִבָּנִים וגו׳ 56:5 (with word-play on שׁ׳ 2 c). e.g. Isaiah 55:13
שם II m. first son of Noah
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. 2 S 7:9 name (√ unknown; Thes שׁמה, cf. BaZMG xii (1887), 635; LagBN 160 ושּׁם, Arabic وَسَمَ brand, mark, cf. RSK 213, 303 ff. Köii. 1. 104; NH = BH (especially הַשֵּׁם = יהוה), Ph. שם Lzb 377; Assyrian šumu; Sab. סם HomChr 124; Ethiopic ስmም Arabic إِسْمٌ, أُسْمٌ, سِمٌ, سُمٌ, Aramaic שֵׁם, שְׁמָא, also שׁוּם, שֻׁם (Köii. 1. 512), ܫܶܡ, ܫܡܳܐ, Old Aramaic, Palm. שם Lzb 377);—abs. שׁ׳ Gn 6:4 +; cstr. שׁ׳ Gn 12:8 +, rarely שֶׁם־ 1 S 8:2 +; sf. שְׁמִי Ex 3:15 +, שִׁמְךָ Gn 32:9 +, שְׁמֶ֑ךָ 1 K 18:31 +, etc.; pl. שֵׁמוֹת (rarely שֵׁמֹת) Gn 2:20 +; cstr. שְׁמוֹת Ex 6:16 +, sf. שְׁמוֹתָם Nu 13:4 +, שְׁמוֹתָן Ez 23:4(×2);—name:
II. n.pr.m. first son of Noah;—Gn 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 10:1, 22, 31; 11:10(×2), 11 (all P), 9:18, 23, 26, 27; 10:21 (all J), 1 Ch 1:4, 17, 24; Σημ.
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Derived from שום (sûwm) (H7760) — to put.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁם
- (b. h.) there, thither. Macc. II, 7 אינו יוצא מִשָּׁם לעולם he dare not go away from there (the city of refuge) all his life time; שם תהא דירתו שם וכ׳ there he must live, there he must die &c.; Tosef. ib. III (II), 5. Macc. 4ᵃ שנפל שם which fell thereinto. Ber. V, 4 אם אין שם כהן וכ׳ if no priest besides him is present; a. v. fr.—Cant. R. to VIII, 9 שָׁמָּה, v. רגָּז.—לְשָׁם thither. Ex. R. s. 18; a. fr.
שֵׁם I
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Shem, son of Noah. Meg. 9ᵇ (ref. to Gen. IX, 27) דבריו … באהלי שם let the speech of Japheth (Greek) dwell in the tents of Shem; v. יָפְיוּת. Gen. R. s. 63, v. עֵבֶר I. Snh. 69ᵇ. Ex. R. s. 18 the Lord said, חייב אני לשם אביהם וכ׳ I am indebted to their (the Assyrians’) father Shem, because he and Japheth took their cloaks and covered with it &c.; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 9:27
שֵׁם II
- v. שׁוּם a. mark, name, title, nature, denomination. Pes. III, 3 לא תקרא לה שם וכ׳ she must not name it (declare it to be Ḥallah) until it is baked. Ter. III, 5 האומר … קרא שם if one says, the priest’s portion of this pile is in it …, he has named it (designated it as T’rumah). Gen. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. V, 29) לא השם הוא המדרש … הוא השם וכ׳ the name (נח) and the interpretation (ינחמנו) do not correspond; it ought to be either &c. Ber. II, 8 ליטול … השם, v. נָטַל. Macc. I, 2 לא השם המביאו וכ׳ the title (the legal text) under which the false witness is doomed to lashes, is not the one under which he is bound to pay indemnity. Kinn. I, 3 משם אחד sacrificial birds of the same denomination (intended for the same class of cases), opp. משני שמות of different denominations. Sabb. XII, 3 משם אחד two letters of the alphabet of the same name (אא, בב &c.), opp. משתי שמות two different letters (אב &c.). Ib. שם קטן משם גדול וכ׳ a small name or word as a part (or abbreviation) of a larger one, as שם as a part of שמעון, of שמואל &c. Ib. 103ᵇ שתי אותיות והן שם אחד two identical letters which represent a word, (as שש, which may stand for שֵׁשׁ or שָׂשׂ) &c. Shebu. 3ᵇ, a. fr. לא מן השם הוא זה וכ׳ this comes not under this title (this is not the real reason), but it is because &c. Ker. III, 4 אינו מן השם the offence is not of the same class. Macc. 4ᵇ, a. fr. (על חבירו) מוציא שם רע who spreads an evil report about his neighbor (injures his reputation). Ber. 17ᵃ גדל בשם טוב וכ׳ who has grown up with a good name, and departed life with a good name; a. v. fr.—Esp. הַשֵּׁם or שֵׁם the Divine Name, the Tetragrammaton, contradist. to כינוי attribute; in gen. the Lord. Snh. VII, 5 המגדף … שיפרש השם the blasphemer is not punishable, unless he uses the Name explicitly. Ib. 8 המקלל … בַּשֵּׁם he that curses his father or his mother is not punishable, unless he curses them with the Name. Ib. 56ᵃ בידך את השם בכינוי (not בכינויים) if he curses God by using a divine attribute. Ib. עד שיברך שם בשם unless he curses God and pronounces the Name. Yoma III, 8; IV, 2; VI, 2 (בשם) אנא השם I pray, O Lord (pronouncing the Tetragrammaton). Ib. כשהיו שומעים שם המפורש שהוא יוצא וכ׳ when they heard the Tetragrammaton pronounced &c., v. פָּרַשׁ. Ib. IV, 1 אחד … לַשֵּׁם on one of the lots was written ‘unto the Lord’; של שם the lot bearing the inscription ‘unto the Lord’; a. v. fr.; v. שָׁמַיִם.—Especial uses: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁ־ the same as, as well as. Ber. IX, 5 חייב אדם … כשם שמברך וכ׳ a man is bound to bless God for what is evil as well as he blesses for what is good. Ib. 62ᵃ כשם שנפרעין וכ׳ as well as the dead are called to account &c., v. סַפְדָּן. Sot. V, 1 כשם שהמים … כך וכ׳ as the waters test her, so do they test him. Ib. כשם שאסורה וכ׳, v. בָּעַל; a. v. fr.—בְּשֵׁם, מִשֵּׁם in the name of, in behalf of. Meg. 15ᵃ כל האומר דכר בשם אומרו וכ׳ he who relates a thing in the name of him who said it (gives credit to authority), brings redemption into the world. Peah II, 4 מִשְּׁמוֹ in his own name (as his individual opinion). Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ הלכה … שאמר משם וכ׳ the rule follows the opinion of …, who said in behalf of &c.; a. v. fr.—לְשֵׁם for the purpose of, for the sake of, as; with reference to. Gitt. 24ᵇ כתב רחמנא לה לִשְׁמָהּ the text (Deut. XXIV, 3) says, ‘unto her’, that means, that it must be written especially for her. Yeb. 47ᵇ, v. שׁוּם II.—Snh. 99ᵇ העוסק בתורה לשמה who studies the Law for its own sake (for no selfish ends). Pes. 50ᵇ לעולם יעסוק … אע"פ שלא לשמה … בא לשמה by all means let a man engage in the study of the Law and in good deeds, even if not for their own sake, for through the work for a selfish purpose he will arrive at the stage of doing good for its own sake. Ib. 13ᵇ, a. e. שחטן לִשְׁמָן וכ׳ if he slaughtered them as such (as festive sacrifices) &c.; זרק דמן שלא לשמן if he sprinkled their blood, having in mind another purpose (another class of sacrifices). Gen. R. s. 25 לשם קרבנו נקרא he was named (נח) with reference to his sacrifice (ניחח, Gen. VIII, 21); לשם נחת וכ׳ he was named (נח) with reference to the rest of the ark (ותנח, Gen. VIII, 4); Yalk. ib. 42 על שם וכ׳; a. v. fr.—עַל שֵׁם (abbrev. ע"ש) with reference to, because. Y. Taan. II, beg. 65ᵃ על שם ואנכי וכ׳ as a reference to (what Abraham said,) ‘and I am but dust and ashes’ (Gen. XVIII, 27). Gen. R. s. 23, v. טְבַרְיָא; a. fr.; v. שׁוּם II.—Pl. שֵׁמוֹת, constr. שְׁמוֹת. Kinn. l. c. Gen. R. s. 26 כל הש׳ הללו וכ׳ all these names indicate rebellion &c., v. מַרְדּוּת I. B. Mets. 114ᵇ עובר בכל הש׳ הללו is guilty under all these titles (texts). Shebu. 35ᵃ יש ש׳ שנמחקין ויש ש׳ וכ׳ there are divine names which may be erased, and such as may not be erased. Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᵈ bot. שְׁ׳ המלאכים, v. מַלְאָךְ; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 5:29
שֵׁם
- Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXXI, 2. Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 4. Targ. O. Gen. VI, 4; a. fr.—Sot. 49ᵃ יהא שְׁמֵיה רבא (abbrev. יה"ש"ר), v. אֲגַדְתָּא. Ab. I, 13, v. נְגַד. Yoma 83ᵇ, v. דּוּק. Ber. 7ᵇ, v. גְּרַם I. Sabb. 8ᵇ (in Hebr. dict.) שמיה הילוך comes under the category of ‘walking’; לא שמיה תשמיש does not come under the category of ‘use.’ Ḥull. 48ᵃ משמיה רר׳ וכ׳ in behalf of &c.; Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ bot. מן שמיה. Sabb. 145ᵇ שְׁמָאִי my name, v. מָתָא; a. v. fr.—Y. Orl. I, 61ᵃ bot. אית בני נש שְׁמוֹן בריכה וכ׳ there are persons whose name is B’rikah (meaning blessing), as one says, come thou, blessed of the Lord.—Pl. שְׁמָהָן, שְׁמָהָתָא; שְׁמַיָּיא, שְׁמֵי. Targ. Gen. II, 20. Ib. XXVI, 18. Targ. O. Num. I, 5 שְׁמָהַת constr.; Y. שְׁמָהָיַית; a. fr.—Gitt. 11ᵇ שמהתא … בשְׁמָהָתַיְיהוּ other names which Jews frequently adopt for their own, v. נְסַק. Meg. 14ᵇ סניין שְׁמַיְיהוּ, v. סְנֵי; a. fr.
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The 236 distinct written forms H8034 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 176 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ישימאל Yᵉshîymâʼêl H3450 Jesimiel
- שם Shêm H8035 Shem
- שמאבר Shemʼêber H8038 Shemeber
- שמידע Shᵉmîydâʻ H8061 Shemida
- שמירמות Shᵉmîyrâmôwth H8070 Shemiramoth
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 712 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 770 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:11
- Exodus 1:1
- Leviticus 18:21
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 3:14
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 1:10
- Ruth 1:2
- 1 Samuel 1:1
- 2 Samuel 3:7
- 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Kings 2:24
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
