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שֻׁם

Biblical Aramaic

name — used 12 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

name tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֻׁם: n.m. name tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. name (v. BH שֵׁם);—cstr. שׁ׳ Ezr 5:1 +; sf. שְׁמֵהּ Dn 2:20 +; pl. cstr. שְׁמָהָת Ezr 5:4, sf. -תְהֹם v 10;—name, dei: Dn 2:20; 4:5 Ezr 5:1; 6:12; vir.: Dn 2:26; 4:5, 16; 5:12 (all Dan.), Ezr 5:4, 10(×2) also v 14, with which cf. S-CK 4, 5, 8 f., 12 f.

Jastrow 1903

שׁוּם ²: name tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, name. Targ. Gen. II, 11. Targ. Y. ib. V, 2. Targ. I Chr. XVI, 2; a. fr.—V. שְׁמָא.—עַל שׁ׳, מִשּׁ׳, v. preced.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: name (7); the name (3); names (1).

In the verses

Ezra 5:4 · tree →

אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

Word for word: then as.follows we.said to them what? [are].they the.names of the.men who this the building [are].building

JPS 1917: 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

Ezra 5:10 · tree →

וְאַ֧ף שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא לְּהֹ֖םלְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י נִכְתֻּ֥ב שֻׁם־גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א דִּ֥י בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ס

Word for word: and also names their we.asked to them to make known.to.you (diy).that we.will.write the.name of the.men who [are].at heads their

JPS 1917: We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 126 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 49 times there, in the forms וְשׁוּם (21); שׁוּם (21); בְּשׁוּם (4); בְשׁוּם (1); דְשׁוּם (1).

Numbers 26:46 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְשׁוּם בַּת אָשֵׁר סָרַח

וְשֵׁ֥ם בַּת־אָשֵׁ֖ר שָֽׂרַח׃

Word for word: and the.name of.the.daughter of.Asher [was].Serah

JPS 1917: And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

Genesis 36:32 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וּמְלַךְ בֶּאֱדוֹם בֶּלַע בַּר בְּעוֹר וְשׁוּם קַרְתֵּהּ דִּנְהָבָה

וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ בֶּאֱד֔וֹם בֶּ֖לַע בֶּן־בְּע֑וֹר וְשֵׁ֥ם עִיר֖וֹ דִּנְהָֽבָה׃

Word for word: and he.reigned in Edom Bela the.son of.Beor and the.name his.city his [was].Dinhabah

JPS 1917: And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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