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title: שֻׁם — name · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שֻׁם (lemma:שֻׁם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 12 times: name. BDB 1906: n.m. name. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֻׁם

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«שֻׁם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **name** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** lemma:שֻׁם · **BDB:** שֻׁם

### Glosses

name (7); the.name (3); names (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

name [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5bb_5c1_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. name [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5bb_5c1_5dd/#m2)

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**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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5bb_5c1_5dd/#m3)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֻׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5bb_5c1_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.4/)

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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?'

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[Ezra 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.10/)

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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.

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