To make a name for oneself/ to become renowned/ be famous/ make one's name
To gain a reputation; to become famous.
("And your fame went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed upon you," says the Lord GOD — Ezekiel 16:14; and likewise: "Until he made a name for himself, and throughout the whole province they knew / that there is no honey sweeter or more fragrant than his honey" — Shaul Tchernichovsky, Shalom laYadid, D)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא לוֹ שֵׁם
Definition (Hebrew)
יָצָא לוֹ מוֹנִיטִין. הִתְפַּרְסֵם.
("וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בַּגּוֹיִם בְּיָפְיֵךְ כִּי כָּלִיל הוּא בַּהֲדָרִי אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי עָלַיִךְ, נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי ה'"- יְחֶזְקֵאל טז יָד, וְכֵן:"עַד שֶׁיָּצָא לוֹ שֵׁם וּבְכָל הָאִפַּרְכִיָּה יָדְעוּ,/ כִּי אֵין דְּבַשׁ לְמַתֵּק וּלְרֵיחַ נִיחוֹחַ כְּדִבְשׁוֹ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ שָׁלוֹם לַיָּדִיד, ד)