בַּעַל שֵׁם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Miracle-worker

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A person of reputation; someone whose name has become well known. Or: one who became famous as a performer of miracles.

("But just as the residue from dregs, when you pour water into them, they absorb it—so is a good name; another interpretation: a good name is better than good oil; a good name rises, while good oil descends" – Midrash Tanchuma (Warsaw), Vayakhel §1; and likewise: "Since he had already been distant from his birthplace for sixteen years, there is doubt whether the fame of his name had taken root, if he was not so much a man of name, since the name by which he is now called is one of his two names" – Responsa Tzemach Tzedek (Lubavitch), Even HaEzer, Doubt for Whom §22; and likewise: "And behold, it became known to them that he had done to the priest what he had planned to do to him. And they said: a man of name has no death sentence, for one who comes to kill you—rise early to kill him" – Mordechai ben Yechezkel, Sefer HaMa’asiyot, Part Four, The Deed of a Man, 141)