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["Chalomi Balaylah" <chalomi AT hotmail.com>]

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From what I have learned the word 'shem' means simply 'name'. HaShem, means 
The Name, and is a term used to refer to G-d, or when reading parts of the 
Bible where YHVH is written, so as not to actually pronounce the name of 
G-d.

Chalomi

> From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
> Reply-To: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: YHVH = haShem
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 99 15:11:57
>
> On Tue 24 Aug 99 (00:08:40), gs02wmr AT panther.gsu.edu wrote:
> > [snipped]         I think and am pretty
> > sure ha-Shem you are talking about is used mostly on Tfeel'Ah(prayer), 
> and
> > in that sense it takes a very significant theological role, and it DOES
> > reflect one of the TITLES(but not a *name*) for The Creator(e.g. Baruch
> > HaShem YHWH UL).
>
>  Dear Wondell,
>
>  I am no expert; but to me YHWH *is* the Personal Name, and not the 
> *Title*
>  of God. Exodus 6:3 seems to classify El Shadday as the Title; and YHWH as
>  the personal Name (SheMiY YHWH). In spite of Exodus 6:3 implying that
>  God was "not known by my name YHWH"; yet from the birth of Enos to Seth
>  in Genesis 4:26, "then began men to call upon the Name of YHWH" LiQ:Ro'
>  B:SheM YHWH.
>
>  When I was in west London, I went to some Passover lectures by the Rabbi
>  at Ealing synagogue. He consistently used the word HaShsheM as a Q:re'
>  for YHWH when reading from or referring to the TeNaCh (not 'a:DoNaY).
>
> > On a related topic, can anyone explain how Shem can also be used for
> > 'Semite' !(ben'ey Shem). How did this derivation from Noah's son come to
> > mean both Semetic people as well as a term defined as "the name." ? Was
> > this some kind of odd mixup with the Hebrew or is it from some other
> > greater reasoning?
>
>  Again I'm not an expert: but there may be a simple homophone here. The
>  root Sh-M-H provides us with the dual noun ShaMaYiYM, the skies, or
>  heaven. Hence, could HashSheM denote "the Heavenly One"?
>
>  The root Sh-M-` (ayin) means to hear, to obey. So Hannah called her son,
>  the answer to her prayer, Sh:MuW`:'eL or Sh:MuW'eL (Samuel); implying
>  "God has heard" (her prayer).
>
>  There is a theory that the name Shem is a variant of Sumer, the Akkadian
>  name for certain tribespeople (the Sumerians).
>
>  Noah's son Shem may be a simple eponym; I mean such as some people use
>  the word "Password" when they are required to enter a password in say a
>  computer program. So not knowing what name to give the boy, they simply
>  called him by the name "Name". So SheM is used as a proper noun for a
>  man.
>
>  Or Shem may be prophetic. His progeny would include Eber and Abraham
>  and his Seed of promise. The Eberites "Hebrews" would bear God's "Name"
>  as a witness to the Gentiles. Jerusalem would be the place where God
>  would put his "Name" (1 Kings 9:3; 11:36). This place and its priesthood
>  would be QoDeSh L:YHWH (Exodus 28:36; 39:30). Israel too (Jeremiah 2:3).
>  Domestic as well as Temple vessels will be holy (Zechariah 14:20-21).
>  "Cursed be Canaan"; but, on the contrary, "Blessed be the LORD God of 
> Shem,
>  and Canaan shall be his servant" (Genesis 9:24-15).
>
>  No doubt our resident "gurus" will find a much more cogent explanation
>  for you than this.
>
>  Shalom,
>  Ben
> --
>  Revd Ben Crick, BA CF
>  <ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk>
>  232 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9TD (UK)
>  http://www.cnetwork.co.uk/crick.htm
>
>
>
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