שֵׁ֚ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שֵׁ֚ם

   SHEM

   a name
2. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת לְגָרֵ֗שׁ מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃

   a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

   which or whom he went God to redeem for him or to him a people to set or to place for you a name great things and awesome things or and fearful things to drive out from before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt nations
3. sentence🔊 וּמִי֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת לְגָרֵ֗שׁ מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃

   u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

   and who like your people Israel a nation one in the earth or in the land which or whom he went God to redeem for him or to him a people to set or to place for you a name great things and awesome things or and fearful things to drive out from before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt nations

Exegesis

The complementary infinitive lā-śūm lə-ḵâ šēm {לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם | lā-śūm lə-ḵâ šēm} ‘to make for You a name’ expresses purpose, while the merism gĕ-dû-lō-ṯ wə-nō-rā-’ōṯ {גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת | gĕ-dû-lō-ṯ wə-nō-rā-’ōṯ} ‘great and awesome deeds’ emphasizes divine power.

Root and etymology

ש־מ🔊 shin–mem

“name, renown”

• 🔊 שֵׁמוֹתshemotnamesExodus 1:1