אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם

   et-SHEM

   {direct object} name of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

   et-SHEM yis-ra-EL

   {direct object} name of Israel
3. clause🔊 וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לִמְחוֹת֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם

   ve-LO-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH lim-KHOT et-SHEM yis-ra-EL mi-ta-KHAT ha-sha-MA-yim

   and not he spoke LORD to wipe out {direct object} name of Israel from under the heavens
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לִמְחוֹת֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיּ֣וֹשִׁיעֵ֔ם בְּיַ֖ד יָרָבְעָ֥ם בֶּן־יוֹאָֽשׁ׃

   ve-LO-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH lim-KHOT et-SHEM yis-ra-EL mi-ta-KHAT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yo-shi-EM be-YAD ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH

   and not he spoke LORD to wipe out {direct object} name of Israel from under the heavens and he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash

Exegesis

The noun shem {שֵׁם | šēm} ‘name’ functions metonymically for Israel’s identity, while the idiomatic phrase mitachat hashamayim {מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם | mitakḥāt haššāmāyim} ‘from under the heavens’ denotes the entire sphere of existence.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־מshin-mem

“name”

• 🔊 שָׁםšāmthereGenesis 19:1
• 🔊 שְׁמוֹתšəmōṯnamesExodus 1:1