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semsShem

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
120 times in 32 works
Consistency
96.7% (120 of 124)
Reach if approved
~149 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
142 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (120 changes in 32 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 120)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Sem, to the death of Abraham, which is .565. yeares, and the whole tyme of SemsShem life, is .600. yeares) but fayling ſomewhat in the ſupputation, he ſayth that Sem liued …
    With rule
    … Sem, to the death of Abraham, which is .565. yeares, and the whole tyme of SemsShem life, is .600. yeares) but fayling ſomewhat in the ſupputation, he ſayth that Sem liued …

    Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Gen. 9. 27. fulfilled in time of the Messiah, when the Gentiles fetched religion from Jerusalem; SemsShem tents, Gen. 14. 18. Heb. 7. 1. whence the Gospel sounded forth. See Isa. 2. 3.
    With rule
    … Gen. 9. 27. fulfilled in time of the Messiah, when the Gentiles fetched religion from Jerusalem; SemsShem tents, Gen. 14. 18. Heb. 7. 1. whence the Gospel sounded forth. See Isa. 2. 3.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … from him after sundry descents: and the Land of Canaan seems not to be SemsShem habitation, which took its name from his younger brother Cham, or from Chams sonne …
    With rule
    … from him after sundry descents: and the Land of Canaan seems not to be SemsShem habitation, which took its name from his younger brother Cham, or from Chams sonne …

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 254 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his ſonnes ſhall bee Seruants to his Brethren; becauſe Iapheth ſet his ſhoulder to SemsShem, to beare the cloake of ſhame, therefore ſhall Iapheth dwell in the Tents of …
    With rule
    … his ſonnes ſhall bee Seruants to his Brethren; becauſe Iapheth ſet his ſhoulder to SemsShem, to beare the cloake of ſhame, therefore ſhall Iapheth dwell in the Tents of …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 828 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … be made fruitfull, and by the ſame hand, and therefore called upon to ſing; SemsShem Redeemer, Iapheths Redeemer. Her Redeemer the holy one of Iſrael, the God of the …
    With rule
    … be made fruitfull, and by the ſame hand, and therefore called upon to ſing; SemsShem Redeemer, Iapheths Redeemer. Her Redeemer the holy one of Iſrael, the God of the …

    Nicholas Lockyer · Sermon 28 October 1646 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … forgotten the doctrine of Noe, & euery wher honored Idols, Abraham was rayſed to be SemsShem compagniō to aſſiſt hym, to performe this great worke. After ſucceded Iſac, Iacob Ioſeph …
    With rule
    … forgotten the doctrine of Noe, & euery wher honored Idols, Abraham was rayſed to be SemsShem compagniō to aſſiſt hym, to performe this great worke. After ſucceded Iſac, Iacob Ioſeph …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … world, his prerogative, in Noahs blessing: and whereas Abrahams predecessors were Idolaters, none of SemsShem progenitors are noted that way, therefore seeing Melchisedeck was greater than Abraham, and none …
    With rule
    … world, his prerogative, in Noahs blessing: and whereas Abrahams predecessors were Idolaters, none of SemsShem progenitors are noted that way, therefore seeing Melchisedeck was greater than Abraham, and none …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … it is done, denie it. So yee teach in Ieruſalemy in Megila: that in SemsShem houſe in Salem the tongue of Iaphet ſhalbe vſed: and when it is tolde …
    With rule
    … it is done, denie it. So yee teach in Ieruſalemy in Megila: that in SemsShem houſe in Salem the tongue of Iaphet ſhalbe vſed: and when it is tolde …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem A17009

  • Printed
    … Chams badnes, and to be his ſeruaunt: alſo of Iapheth to fetch religion from SEMSSHEM houſe: Firſt ſheweth how the curſſe came, in that Babel was buylt: rebellious Nemrod …
    With rule
    … Chams badnes, and to be his ſeruaunt: alſo of Iapheth to fetch religion from SEMSSHEM houſe: Firſt ſheweth how the curſſe came, in that Babel was buylt: rebellious Nemrod …

    Hugh Broughton · A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    … or, is at the last gasp. Mat. 9. 18, he saith she was dead; but it semsShem that was after his servants, v. 35. of this chapter, had told him so.
    With rule
    … or, is at the last gasp. Mat. 9. 18, he saith she was dead; but it semsShem that was after his servants, v. 35. of this chapter, had told him so.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader