"May My Name be declared..." Jerusalem365

May My name be declared upon them, and the names of my forefathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they proliferate abundantly like fish within the Land. GENESIS (48:16) וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץבראשית מ’’ח:ט’’ז ve-ye-ka-RE va-HEM she-MEE ve-SHEM ah-vo-TAI av-ra-HOM ve-yeetz-KHOK ve-yeed-GOO la-ROVE be-ke-REV ha-ah-RETZ Jerusalem Inspiration The Hebrew word for name is שם - SHEM. The great Hebrew master, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch explains that the word name שם - shaym - is related to the word for ‘there’ שם - shom. Rabbi Hirsch explains, “in the realm of the mind, by naming and defining something, one puts it in its ‘proper place’.” In this verse, Jacob is blessing his grandsons Ephraim and Menashe by placing their ancestors name upon them, establishing ‘their place’ within the spiritual legacy of their forebears.

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