Many of the tribe of Judah call God by the name of HaShem, meaning “the name,” השם. First, I did a search of the word השם in the Hebrew Scriptures without prefixes or suffixes. It seems we always get some surprises with these searches.
AlHaTorah השם no prefixes and no suffixes
Tanakh (9 results)
1. Bereshit 6:4 (Mikraot Gedolot)
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַחֲרֵי כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי
הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּההַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם.
Genesis 6:4
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown (the Name) הַשֵּׁם.
2. Vayikra 24:11 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּקֹּב בֶּן הָאִשָּׁה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית אֶת הַשֵּׁם וַיְקַלֵּל וַיָּבִיאוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ שְׁלֹמִית בַּת דִּבְרִי לְמַטֵּה דָן.
Leviticus 24:10-11
10 Now an Israelite woman’s son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought in the camp, 11 and the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name הַשֵּׁם, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
3. Devarim 28:58 (Mikraot Gedolot)
אִם לֹא תִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת כׇּל דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת הַכְּתֻבִים בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה לְיִרְאָה אֶת הַשֵּׁם הַנִּכְבָּדוְהַנּוֹרָא הַזֶּה אֵת י״י אֱלֹהֶיךָ.
Deuteronomy 28:58-59
58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear the Name הַשֵּׁם, this glorious and fearful LORD (יהוה) your God, 59 then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.
4. Yeshayahu 63:11 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּזְכֹּר יְמֵי עוֹלָם מֹשֶׁה עַמּוֹ אַיֵּה הַמַּעֲלֵם מִיָּם אֵת רֹעֵי צֹאנוֹ אַיֵּה הַשָּׂם בְּקִרְבּוֹ אֶת רוּחַ קׇדְשׁוֹ.
Isaiah 63:11
11 Then he remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who brought them up out of the sea
With the shepherd of His flock?
Where is He who put הַשָּׂם His Holy Spirit within them,
( note this is Sin, not Shin h7760. שׂוּם śûm )
5. Yechezkel 22:5 (Mikraot Gedolot)
הַקְּרֹבוֹת וְהָרְחֹקוֹת מִמֵּךְ יִתְקַלְּסוּ בָךְ טְמֵאַת הַשֵּׁם רַבַּת הַמְּהוּמָה.
Ezekiel 22:5
5 Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous טְמֵאַת הַשֵּׁם and full of tumult.
( note the one word infamous in English is being used to translate two words together, literally “contaminate the Name.” – of course, read context – it is speaking of Jerusalem, which is supposed to be representing God. )
p.96 טמא contaminate
GV p.97 טמם dull [close off]; p.97 טמה ruin [completely]; p. 96 טמא contaminate
DV אטם – p.97 טמם dull [close off] > p.8 אטם close; seal
CM טמם repress (D31); טמה and טמא lose independence (D30); אטם control (A17)
6. Tehillim 66:9 (Mikraot Gedolot)
הַשָּׂם נַפְשֵׁנוּ בַּחַיִּים וְלֹא נָתַן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֵנוּ.
Psalms 66:8-9
8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples!
And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
9 Who keeps הַשָּׂם our soul among the living,
And does not allow our feet to be moved.
( note this is Sin, not Shin h7760. שׂוּם śûm )
7. Tehillim 104:3 (Mikraot Gedolot)
הַמְקָרֶה בַמַּיִם עֲלִיּוֹתָיו הַשָּׂם עָבִים רְכוּבוֹ הַמְהַלֵּךְ עַל כַּנְפֵי רוּחַ.
Psalms 104:1-3
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
3 He lays the beams (h7136. קָרָה qâârâ) of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes הַשָּׂם the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
( note this is Sin, not Shin h7760. שׂוּם śûm )
8. Tehillim 147:14 (Mikraot Gedolot)
הַשָּׂם גְּבוּלֵךְ שָׁלוֹם חֵלֶב חִטִּים יַשְׂבִּיעֵךְ.
Psalms 147:11-15
11 The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
14 He makes הַשָּׂם peace (in) your borders,
(And) fills you with the finest wheat.
15 He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
( note this is Sin, not Shin h7760. שׂוּם śûm )
9. Divrei HaYamim I 11:34 (Mikraot Gedolot)
בְּנֵי הָשֵׁם הַגִּזוֹנִי יוֹנָתָן בֶּן שָׁגֵה הַהֲרָרִי.
1 Chronicles 11:26-34
26 Also the mighty warriors were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, •••> a very long list of names, all with meaning •••>
1 Chronicles 11:34
34 the sons of Hashem הָשֵׁם the Gizonite (h1493. גִּזוֹנִי g̱izôniy), Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite,
h1493. גִּזוֹנִי g̱izôniy; patrial from the unused name of a place apparently in Palestine; a Gizonite or inhabitant of Gizoh: — Gizonite.
AV (1) – Gizonite 1; Gizonite = “shearer: quarryman” – (we will see the importance of this another time)
Then I wanted to share with you a teaching that was shared with us by one of our professors when we were in school. Unfortunately in a recent change of residence, I no longer have my notes from the teaching, thus am going by memory. I share the teaching for a couple of reasons. One is to show you again the level of detail in which Scripture is written, stacked with layer upon layer of information in a relatively small amount of space, which can only be of Divine origin (rather like chiastic structures and parallel structures we’ve discussed previously). Secondly, I wanted to share what my study that grew from this recollection (with what feels to me like inspiration, from beyond my own capabilities) has revealed. Notice the letters in pink, see a pattern, and below I will share some about this. My apologies if by memory I am misquoting the sages in what I share. I have, again, purposely avoided going to the Hebrew writings. The passage speaks of an incident with Noah and his sons. The one named Shem is the father of the Semitic peoples. Hopefully this exercise also gets you more comfortable with the idea that Shin and Sin were once the same in the history of the Hebrew language.
I apologize also to our professor if I misquote him, by going on memory. My recollection is that we were shown this passage to show how the incident, whatever it was, of Ham “seeing the nakedness of his father and telling his brothers outside,” broke apart the ש and the מ of שם and that the maneuver undertaken by Shem and Japheth heals the שם back together again. We are definitely looking into some of the hidden meanings in Scripture now, some of the Sohd/Sod (p.168 סוד) level of PaRDeS. And a beginning foray into looking at numbers.
Looking further into the passage has shown me things I share with you that you can test for yourself and feel free to accept or reject, or simply yawn. The first thing I see in the randomly selected passages below of the hundreds that are listed is the indication of God’s involvement (except for the “five” references: those are from EDBH). The second thing is that שׁ and שׂ, importantly at least for this purpose, are treated the same. The third thing is that within a certain distance from one another, there is still involvement of “the Name.” In addition, it shows me that the order of the letters does not matter, whether it is ש and then מ(sofit or not) or מ and then ש. And finally, it showed me that within a certain distance, it’s acceptable for the letters to be within different words. Each time I give you an AlHaTorah search, I have been trying to share the link. Notice that there is a part of the search language (that I do not understand) that says: &distance=10&inorder=0 which seems to relate to the characters being within a certain distance of one another and in order or not. The programmer has found ways to get the computer to search for such instances.
Let’s look at this phrase from verse 23, which stands out, being much longer:
“garment, laid it on both their shoulders”
garment (h8071. שִׂמְלָה śimlâ) laid (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) both (h8147. שְׁנַיִם šenaiym) shoulders (h7926. שְׁכֶם šeḵem)
H8071. שִׂמְלָה śimlāh fem. noun
(clothing, garment)
Gen. 9:23; 35:2; 37:34; 41:14; 44:13; 45:22; Ex. 3:22; 12:34,35; 19:10,14; 22:27(26); Deut. 8:4; 10:18; 21:13; 22:3,5,17; Josh. 7:6; Judg. 8:25; Ruth 3:3; 1 Sam. 21:9(10); 2 Sam. 12:20; Prov. 30:4; Isa. 3:6,7; 4:1; 9:5(4).
{{Genesis 9:23 LXX – the “index verse”
23 καὶ λαβόντες Σημ καὶ Ιαφεθ τὸ ἱμάτιον ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὰ δύο νῶτα αὐτῶν καὶἐπορεύθησαν ὀπισθοφανῶς καὶ συνεκάλυψαν τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸπρόσωπον αὐτῶν ὀπισθοφανές, καὶ τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν οὐκ εἶδον. †
Matthew 26:65
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes (g2440. ἱμάτιον himation), saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!}}
Genesis 35:2
2 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments (h8071. שִׂמְלָה śimlāh).
Genesis 37:34
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes (h8071. שִׂמְלָה śimlāh), put sackcloth (h8242. שַׂק śaq) on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
Bereshit 37:34
34 ויקרע יעקב שמלתיו וישם שק במתניו ויתאבל על־בנו ימים רבים׃
h8242. שַׂק śaq – p.280 שׂקק cover with cloth;; CM שׂקק expand/limit (E7)
שׂק discussed earlier in LogAndSpeck – might search for Damascus as a keyword. If we are humbled/humiliated and covered in silence, perhaps our plea goes out by way of our actions.
See Leviticus chapter 10.
Leviticus 10:6
6 καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς Ααρων καὶ Ελεαζαρ καὶ Ιθαμαρ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς καταλελειμμένους Τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν οὐκ ἀποκιδαρώσετε καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν οὐδιαρρήξετε, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ἔσται θυμός· οἱ ἀδελφοὶὑμῶν πᾶς ὁ οἶκος Ισραηλ κλαύσονται τὸν ἐμπυρισμόν, ὃν ἐνεπυρίσθησαν ὑπὸ κυρίου. †
Exodus 3:22
22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing (h8071. שִׂמְלָה śimlāh); and you shall put (them) on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
Deuteronomy 8:4
4 Your garments (h8071. שִׂמְלָה śimlāh) did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
H7760. שׂוּם śûm, שִׂים śiym verb
(to put, to place, to set, to fix in position, to establish, to ordain, to constitute)
543 occurrences
Gen. 2:8; 4:15; 6:16; 9:23; 13:16; 21:13,14,18; 22:6,9; 24:2,9,33,47; 27:37; 28:11,18,22; 30:36,41,42; 31:21,34,37; 32:12(13),16(17); 33:2; 37:34; 40:15; 41:42; 43:22,31,32; 44:1,2,21; 45:7-9; 46:3; 47:6,26,29; 48:18,20; 50:26(kjv, [Ke] yāśam [H3455]); Ex. 1:11; 2:3,14; 3:22; 4:11,15,21; 5:8,14; 8:12(8),23(19); 9:5,21; 10:2; 14:21; 15:25,26; 17:12,14; 18:21; 19:7; 21:1,13; 22:25(24); 24:6; 26:35; 28:12,26,37; 29:6,24; 32:27; 33:22; 39:7,19; 40:3,5,8,18-21,24,26,28-30; Lev. 2:15; 5:11; 6:10(3); 8:8,9,26; 9:20; 10:1; 20:5; 24:6; Num. 4:6,8,11,14,19; 6:26,27; 11:11,17; 16:7,18,46(17:11); 21:8,9; 22:38; 23:5,12,16; 24:21,23; Deut. 1:13; 4:44; 7:15; 10:2,5,22; 11:18; 12:5,21; 14:1,24; 17:14,15; 22:8,14,17; 26:2; 27:15; 31:19,26; 32:46; 33:10; Josh. 6:18; 7:11,19; 8:2,12,13,28; 10:24,27; 24:7,25; Judg. 1:28; 4:21; 6:19; 7:22; 8:31,33; 9:24,25,48,49; 11:11; 12:3; 15:4; 16:3; 18:19,21,31; 19:30; 20:29,36; Ruth 3:3; 1 Sam. 2:20; 6:8,11,15; 7:12; 8:1,5,11,12; 9:20,23,24; 10:19; 11:2,11; 13:32; 15:2; 17:40,54; 18:5,13; 19:5,13; 21:6(7),12(13); 22:7,15; 25:18,25; 28:2,21,22; 30:25; 31:10; 2 Sam. 7:10,23; 8:6,14; 12:20,31; 13:19,32,33; 14:3,7,19; 15:4; 17:25; 18:1,3; 19:19(20); 23:5,23; 1 Kgs. 2:5,15,19; 5:9(23); 8:21; 9:3; 10:9; 11:36; 12:29; 14:21; 18:23,25,33,42; 19:2; 20:6,12,24,31,34; 21:27; 22:27; 2 Kgs. 2:20; 4:10,29,31,34; 6:22; 8:11; 9:13,30; 10:3,7,24,27; 11:16,18; 12:17(18); 13:7,16; 17:34; 18:14; 19:28; 20:7; 21:4,7; 1 Chr. 10:10; 11:25; 17:9,21; 18:6,13; 20:3(kjv, nasb, śûr [H7787]); 26:10; 2 Chr. 1:5; 6:11,20; 12:13; 18:26; 23:15,18; 33:7,14; Ezra 8:17; 10:44; Neh. 8:8; 9:7; Esth. 2:17; 3:1; 8:2; 10:1; Job 1:8,17; 2:3; 4:18,20; 5:8,11; 7:12,20; 13:14,27; 17:3,12; 18:2; 19:8; 20:4; 21:5; 22:22; 23:6; 24:12,15,25; 28:3; 29:9; 31:24; 33:11; 34:13,14,23; 36:13; 37:15; 38:5,9,10,33; 39:6; 40:4; 41:2(40:26),8(40:32),31(23); Ps. 18:43(44); 19:4(5); 39:8(9); 40:4(5); 44:13(14),14(15); 46:8(9); 50:23; 52:7(9); 54:3(5); 56:8(9); 66:2,9,11; 74:4; 78:5,7,43; 79:1; 80:6(7); 81:5(6); 85:13(14); 86:14; 89:25(26),29(30),40(41); 91:9; 104:3,9; 105:21,27; 107:33,35,41; 109:5; 147:14; Prov. 8:29; 23:2; 30:26; Song 1:6; 6:12; 8:6; Isa. 3:7; 5:20; 10:6; 13:9; 14:17,23; 21:4; 23:13; 25:2; 27:9; 28:15,17,25; 37:29; 41:15,18-20,22; 42:4,12,15,16,25; 43:19; 44:7; 47:6,7; 49:2,11; 50:2,3,7; 51:3,10,16,23; 53:10; 54:12; 57:1,7,8,11; 59:21; 60:15,17; 61:3; 62:7; 63:11; 66:19; Jer. 2:7; 4:7; 5:22; 6:8; 7:30; 9:8(7); 10:22; 11:13; 12:11; 13:1,2,16; 17:5; 18:16; 19:8; 21:10; 24:6; 25:9,12; 29:22; 31:21; 32:20,34; 33:25; 38:12; 39:12; 40:4,10; 42:15,17; 43:10; 44:11,12; 49:38; 51:29; Lam. 3:11,45; Ezek. 4:2,4; 5:5; 6:2; 7:20; 11:7; 13:17; 14:4,7; 15:7; 16:14; 17:4,5; 19:5; 20:28,46(21:2); 21:2(7),16(21),19(24),20(25),22(27),27(32); 23:24,41; 24:7,17; 25:2; 26:12; 28:21; 29:2; 30:21; 32:20; 35:2,4; 38:2; 39:21; 40:4; 44:5,8; Dan. 1:7,8; 11:17; Hos. 1:11(2:2); 2:3(5),12(14); 11:8; Joel 1:7; Amos 7:8; 8:10; 9:4; Obad. 1:4,7; Mic. 1:6,7; 2:12; 4:7,13; 5:1(4:14); 7:16; Nah. 1:14; 3:6; Hab. 1:12; 2:9; 3:19; Zeph. 2:13; 3:19; Hag. 1:5,7; 2:15,18,23; Zech. 3:5; 6:11; 7:12,14; 9:13; 10:3; 12:2,3,6; Mal. 1:3; 2:2.
H7762. שׁוּם šûm masc. noun
(garlic) Num. 11:5.
Genesis 2:8
8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 4:15
15 Then the LORD said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD put (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.
Genesis 6:16
16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Genesis 13:16
16 I will make (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
Genesis 21:13
13 And I will make (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”
Numbers 4:4-14
4 “This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things: 5 When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. 6 Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall insert (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) its poles.
7 “On the table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it. 8 They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) its poles. 9 And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it. 10 Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.
11 “Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) its poles. 12 Then they shall take all the utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam. 13 Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) its poles.
Deuteronomy 1:13
13 Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) them heads over you.’
Deuteronomy 10:2-5
2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) them in the ark.’ 3 “So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. 4 And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the LORD had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me. 5 Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the LORD commanded me.”
Deuteronomy 12:5
5 “But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put (h7760. שׂוּם śûm) His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.
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H8147. שְׁנַיִם šenayim, שְׁתַּיִם šettayim adj., dual adj.
(two, both, pair)
Gen. 1:16; 2:25; 3:7; 4:19; 5:8,18,20,26,28; 6:19,20; 7:2,9,15; 9:22,23; 10:25; 11:20; 14:4; 17:20; 19:1,8,15,16,30,36; 21:27,31; 22:3,6,8; 24:22; 25:16,23; 27:9,45; 29:16; 31:33,37,41; 32:7(8),10(11),22(23); 33:1; 34:25; 35:22; 40:2,5; 41:50; 42:13,32,37; 44:27; 46:27; 48:1,5,13; 49:28; Ex. 2:13; 4:9; 12:7,22,23; 15:27; 16:22; 18:3,6; 21:21; 22:4(3),7(6),9(8),11(10); 24:4; 25:12,18,19,22,35; 26:17,19,21,23-25; 27:7; 28:7,9,11,12,14,21,23-27; 29:1,3,13,22,38; 30:4; 31:18; 32:15; 34:1,4,29; 36:22,24,26,28-30; 37:3,7,8,21,27; 39:4,14,16-20; Lev. 3:4,10,15; 4:9; 5:7,11; 7:4; 8:2,16,25; 12:8; 14:4,10,22,49; 15:14,29; 16:1,5,7,8,21; 20:11-13,18; 23:13,17-20; 24:5,6; Num. 1:35,39,44; 2:21,26; 3:39,43; 6:10; 7:3,7,13,17,19,23,25,29,31,35,37,41,43,47,49,53,55,59,61,65,67,71,73,77-79,83,84,86,87,89; 10:2; 11:26; 12:5; 13:23; 15:6; 17:2(17),6(21); 22:22; 25:8; 26:14,34,37; 28:3,9,11,12,19,20,27,28; 29:3,9,13,14,17,20,23,26,29,32; 31:5,33,35,38,40; 33:9; 34:15; 35:6; Deut. 1:23; 3:8,21; 4:13,47; 5:22; 9:10,11,15,17; 10:1,3; 14:6; 17:6; 19:15,17; 21:15,17; 22:22,24; 23:18(19); 32:30; Josh. 2:1,4,10,23; 3:12; 4:2-4,8,9,20; 6:22; 8:25; 9:10; 14:3,4; 15:60; 18:24; 19:15,30; 21:7,16,25,27,40; 24:12; Judg. 3:16; 7:3,25; 8:12; 9:44; 10:3; 11:37-39; 12:6; 15:4,13; 16:3,28,29; 19:6,8,29; 20:21; 21:10; Ruth 1:1-3,5,7,8,19; 4:11; 1 Sam. 1:2,3; 2:21,34; 3:11; 4:4,11,17; 5:4; 6:7,10; 9:26; 10:2,4; 11:11; 13:1; 14:11,49; 18:21; 20:11,42; 23:18; 25:18,43; 27:3; 28:8; 30:5,12,18; 2 Sam. 1:1; 2:2,10,15; 4:2; 8:2,5; 9:13; 10:6; 12:1; 13:6; 14:6; 15:27,36; 17:1,18; 18:24; 21:8; 23:20; 1 Kgs. 2:5,32,29; 3:16,18,25; 4:7,26(5:6); 5:12(26),14(28); 6:23,25,32,34; 7:15,16,18,20,24,25,41,42,44; 8:9,63; 9:10; 10:19,20,26; 11:29,30; 12:28; 14:20; 15:25; 16:23,29; 17:12; 18:21,23,31; 19:19; 20:1,15,16,27; 21:10,13; 22:31; 2 Kgs. 1:14,17; 2:6-9,11,12,24; 3:1; 4:1,33; 5:22,23; 6:10; 7:14; 8:17,25,26; 9:32; 10:4,8,14; 11:7; 14:1; 15:2,27,32; 17:1,16; 21:1,5,12,19; 23:12; 25:16,27; 1 Chr. 1:19; 4:5; 6:63(48); 7:2,7; 9:22; 11:21,22; 12:28(29); 15:10; 18:5; 19:7; 24:12,17; 25:9-31; 26:8,17,18; 27:15; 2 Chr. 1:14; 3:10,15; 4:3,4,12,13,15; 5:10; 7:5; 9:18,19,25; 13:21; 21:5,19,20; 22:2; 24:3; 26:3; 33:1,5,21; 34:3; Ezra 2:3,4,6,10,12,18,24,27,29,37,58,60; 8:24,27,31,35; 10:13; Neh. 5:14; 6:15; 7:8-10,17,24,28,31,33,40,60,62,71,72; 11:12,13,19; 12:31,40; 13:6,20; Esth. 2:12,21,23; 3:7,13; 6:2; 8:12; 9:1,27; Job 9:33; 13:20; 33:14; 40:5; 42:7; Ps. 60:[title](2); 62:11(12); Prov. 17:15; 20:10,12; 24:22; 27:3; 29:13; 30:7,15; Eccl. 4:3,9,11,12; 11:6; Song 4:5; 7:3(4); Isa. 1:31; 6:2; 7:4,16,21; 8:14; 17:6; 47:9; 51:19; Jer. 2:13; 3:14; 24:1; 33:24; 34:18; 46:12; 52:20,21,29,31; Ezek. 1:11,23; 15:4; 21:19(24),21(26); 23:2,13; 29:1; 32:1,17; 33:21; 35:10; 37:22; 40:9,39,40,44(kjv, nasb, šiyr [H7891]); 41:3,18,22-24; 43:14,16; 47:13; Dan. 2:1; 8:7; 9:25,26; 11:27; 12:5; Hos. 10:10; Amos 3:3,12; 4:8; Jon. 4:11; Hag. 1:1,15; 2:10; Zech. 1:1,7; 4:3,11,12,14; 5:9; 6:1,13; 11:7; 13:8.
Genesis 1:16
16 And God made the two (h8147. שְׁנַיִם šenaiym) great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Genesis 2:25
25 And the man and his wife were both (h8147. שְׁנַיִם šenaiym) naked and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:7
7 Then the eyes of both (h8147. שְׁנַיִם šenaiym) were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Exodus 2:13
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two (h8147. שְׁנַיִם šenaiym) Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”
Deuteronomy 4:13
13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two (h8147. שְׁנַיִם šenaiym) tablets of stone.
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H7925. שָׁכַם šāḵam verb
(to rise early)
Gen. 19:2,27; 20:8; 21:14; 22:3; 26:31; 28:18; 31:55(32:1); Ex. 8:20(16); 9:13; 24:4; 32:6; 34:4; Num. 14:40; Josh. 3:1; 6:12,15; 7:16; 8:10,14; Judg. 6:28,38; 7:1; 9:33; 19:5,8,9; 21:4; 1 Sam. 1:19; 5:3,4; 9:26; 15:12; 17:16,20; 29:10,11; 2 Sam. 15:2; 2 Kgs. 3:22; 6:15; 19:35; 2 Chr. 20:20; 29:20; 36:15; Job 1:5; Ps. 127:2; Prov. 27:14; Song 7:12(13); Isa. 5:11; 37:36; Jer. 7:13,25; 11:7; 25:3,4; 26:5; 29:19; 32:33; 35:14,15; 44:4; Hos. 6:4; 13:3; Zeph. 3:7.
H7926. I. שְׁכֶם šeḵem masc. noun
(shoulder, upper back)
Gen. 9:23; 21:14; 24:15,45; 48:22; 49:15; Ex. 12:34; Josh. 4:5; Judg. 9:48; 1 Sam. 9:2; 10:9,23; Job 31:22(kjv, šiḵmāh [H7929]),36; Ps. 21:12(13); 81:6(7); Isa. 9:4(3),6(5); 10:27; 14:25; 22:22.
II. שְׁכֶם šeḵem masc. noun
(in consent [shoulder to shoulder])
Hos. 6:9(nasb, niv, šeḵem [H7927]); Zeph. 3:9.
H7927. שְׁכֶם šeḵem proper noun
(Shechem)
Gen. 12:6; 33:18; 35:4; 37:12,13,14; Josh. 17:7; 20:7; 21:21; 24:1,25,32; Judg. 8:31; 9:1-3,6,7,18,20,23-26,31,34,39,41,46,47,49,57; 21:19; 1 Kgs. 12:1,25; 1 Chr. 6:67(52); 7:28; 2 Chr. 10:1; Ps. 60:6(8); 108:7(8); Jer. 41:5; Hos. 6:9(kjv, šeḵem [H7926,II]).
H7928. A. שֶׁכֶם šeḵem masc. proper noun
(Shechem: a Manassite)
Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2.
B. שְׁכֶם šeḵem masc. proper noun
(Shechem: son of Hamor)
Gen. 33:19; 34:2,4,6,8,11,13,18,20,24,26; Josh. 24:32; Judg. 9:25(kjv, nasb, šeḵem [H7927]),28.
C. שֶׁכֶם šeḵem masc. proper noun
(Shechem: son of Shemidah)
1 Chr. 7:19.
H7929. שִׁכְמָה šiḵmāh fem. noun
(shoulder blade; socket)
Job 31:22(nasb, niv, šeḵem [H7926]).
H7930. שִׁכְמִי šiḵmiy masc. proper noun
(Shechemite)
Num. 26:31.
Genesis 21:14
14 So Abraham rose early (h7925. שָׁכַם šāḵam) in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder (h7926. שְׁכֶם šeḵem), he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 24:15
15 And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder (h7926. שְׁכֶם šeḵem).
Psalms 81:4-7
4 For this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.
5 This He established in Joseph as a testimony,
When He went throughout the land of Egypt,
Where I heard a language I did not understand.
6 “I removed his shoulder (h7926. שְׁכֶם šeḵem) from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.
7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah
Genesis 19:1-2
1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early (h7925. שָׁכַם šāḵam) and go on your way.” And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”
Exodus 9:13-14 – (The Seventh Plague: Hail)
13 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise early (h7925. שָׁכַם šāḵam) in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me, 14 for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
Exodus 24:3-4
3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the LORD has said we will do.” 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early (h7925. שָׁכַםšāḵam) in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
FIVE
① being prepared for action
Exodus 13:18
18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in {orderly ranks} (h2571. חָמֻשׁ ḥâmuš) out of the land of Egypt.
② imposing a one-fifth tax
Genesis 41:34-36
34 Let Pharaoh do (this), and let him appoint officers over the land, to collect one-fifth(h2567. חָמַשׁ ḥâmaš) (of the produce) of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine.”
③ five; number sufficient for needs
Genesis 47:1-4
1 Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they are in the land of Goshen בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן.”
2 And he took five (h2568. חָמֵשׁ ḥâmêš) men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?”
And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.” 4 And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to dwell in the land בָּאָרֶץ֮, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן.”
Bereshit 47:1-4
1 ויבא יוסף ויגד לפרעה ויאמר אבי ואחי וצאנם ובקרם וכל־אשר להם באו מארץ כנען והנם בארץגשן׃
2 ומקצה אחיו לקח חמשה אנשים ויצגם לפני פרעה׃
3 ויאמר פרעה אל־אחיו מה־מעשיכם ויאמרו אל־פרעה רעה צאן עבדיך גם־אנחנו גם־אבותינו׃
4 ויאמרו אל־פרעה לגור בארץ באנו כי־אין מרעה לצאן אשר לעבדיך
כי־כבד הרעב בארץ כנען ועתהישבו־נא עבדיך בארץ גשן׃
((גשן ↔︎ גשם Goshen מ and נ reflecting one another-
p.44 גשם rain heavily;; CM maximize/minimize (C21)
Leviticus 26:3-4
3 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,
4 then I will give you rain (h1653. גֶּשֶׁם g̱ešem) in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.))
(Recall out discussion about water/rain and God’s teaching. The time in Egypt was indeed a time of teaching.)
④ belly near fifth rib
2 Samuel 2:23
23 However, he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach (h2570. חֹמֶשׁ ḥômeš) with the blunt end of the spear, so that the spear came out of his back; and he fell down there and died on the spot. So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.
With the very small sampling of verses, I hope you are convinced that the words with שם / מש in them are indeed an indication of God’s hand at work.
ש
EDBH • The ש establishes facts as to what is or what should be (Gn 10:10).
AHLB – ש – teeth, sharp and press; two, again, both or second
WHA – ש – The symbol of divine power and script – but also of corruption
DA – ש – teeth, ivory, point of a rock, a peak, to devour, consume, destroy, something sharp, El Shaddai
מ
EDBH • מ – that which emanates from an object or person.
AHLB – מ – liquid, water / sea, mighty and massive, chaos; as question word
WHA – מ – The symbol of the revealed and the concealed; Moses and Messiah
DA – מ – water, mighty, massive, many chaos (like the deep), to come from (like water down a stream)
Some other things that “came to mind” in doing the exercise, I tried to share, such as perhaps where the tradition of tearing one’s clothes originated, a forceful rending apart of the garment that would widely separate the ש and the מ, such as in the case of blasphemy shown or perhaps in our feeling in mourning of needing to express “where is God in this tragedy?” Did you ever wonder why folks in Scripture tore their clothes? And in case you ever wondered about the meaning of the passage in all four Gospels (very few occur in all four) about the garments at the crucifixion, it is the same Greek word I shared above g2440. ἱμάτιον himation / g2441. ἱματισμός himatismos. (See Mt27:35; Mk15:24; Lk23:54 [I always love how Luke positions things in his wording.]; John19:23-24 – John especially gives the full force of the reference – and is one of the times one gets the real impression that the Septuagint was used for the reference for the writing of the B’rit Hadashah because John quotes:
Psalms 21:19(22:18 in English) LXX
19 διεμερίσαντο τὰ ἱμάτιά μου ἑαυτοῖς
καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἱματισμόν μου ἔβαλον κλῆρον.
Psalms 22:18 NKJV
18 They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.
but the Hebrew that we have for this passage uses other words for clothing. We do know the Septuagint predates by several hundred years any Hebrew versions we have available.) Hopefully you noticed the same in Leviticus 10:6 above.
The wars between Christianity and Judaism have done SO VERY MUCH DAMAGE over two thousand years. Can we not find our common ground? The common ground would begin with stepping back from some of our most basic assumptions and some of the fears driving what makes us hold on so dearly to that assumptive reasoning. Are we willing to admit our faults? Our secrets? Take first steps? Now is a time that, on many levels, many secrets are being revealed, coming into light. Do we embrace the revealing or fight against it? The truth will be revealed, gently or painfully. How do we approach it?
We must be willing to cross over the Jordan, to humble ourselves, in order to make progress. To quote Peter, Paul, and Mary, “River Jordan is chilly and cold; chills the body but not the soul. Hallelu Yah.”
Hopefully there is much here for you to research on your own and to ponder.
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