H8034

• {"n":"shem","s":"Name, and with it reputation, character and authority.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=shem","r":"Exodus 3:15","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads name."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He has a name in this town.** English still has the reputation sense and uses it constantly."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Shem covers the label, the reputation attached to it, and the authority it carries. Making a name at Babel, a good name in Proverbs, and calling on the name of the LORD are all the same noun doing different work."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English name kept the reputation sense in idiom but lost it in ordinary use, so the biblical phrases sound formal rather than natural."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a common noun appears in several fixed biblical phrases, the phrases are usually exploiting a range the English word has lost."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Name is universal."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05dd shem \u00b7 H8034"}],"src":["making a name: Genesis 11:4","a good name: Proverbs 22:1","calling on the name: Genesis 4:26; Joel 2:32"]}