Talk:Nahshon

Name transliteration
Guys, the name נַחְשׁוֹן is not Nahshon, is Nachshon, נַ = na, חְ = ch, שׁ = sh, וֹ = o, ן=n If there are no objections I'll move the article in a few days. Alessio.aguirre (talk) 12:42, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Most (?) Jewish and Christian Bible translations, e.g., this and this, render the name "Nahshon," so I would vote not to move it. There is already a redirect from Nachshon, and I just added Nakhshon. Peter Chastain   [habla, por favor]  00:33, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

So a Wikipedia page should have a historical figure's name misspelled because English translators get it wrong? For the record, some English translations *do* get it right. The man's name is NaCHshon, this is a demonstrable FACT. Wikipedia is driven by FACTS, not by mistakes, correct? I would think that "Nahshon" should redirect to "Nachshon," and not the other way around! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.12.78.199 (talk) 21:18, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Well, the guiding principle we use on Wikipedia is WP:COMMONNAME. So, for example, that's why we use Jesus instead of Yeshua, Joshua instead of Yehoshua, and so on. Alephb (talk) 00:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for cleaning up my mistake. Editor2020 (talk) 02:03, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * If you do me a favor and clean it up the next time I mangle up a reference, we'll call it even! Alephb (talk) 02:06, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Midrash
I've heard two different versions of the Midrash. One is that Nahshon so trusted in God that he jumped into the sea with complete faith that that Lord would save him, and then the waters parted. The other version is that Nahshon took the initiative and responsibility for his own life. He decided he would swim if he had to. Once the Israelites followed his lead and entered the sea, the Lord parted the waters. In other words, a kind of "God helps those who help themselves" thing. Any thoughts? Poldy Bloom (talk) 04:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC) - Poldy, I have also heard this, not as two stories, but as one. He took the initiative risking his own life, taking responsability for the present, knowing that G-d invites us to be co-creators when we follow his footsteps, and he did this with complete faith in G-d, knowing, perhaps not that G-d would save him, but that what ever happened would be for the best: "gam zu letova". Alessio.aguirre (talk) 12:39, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Lifted text
Right now, the article has a note, "This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain." The truth is that almost the entire article except for my sentence or two is lifted from the Jewish Encyclopedia. Surely, we Wikipedians can create an original, yet accurate article. Poldy Bloom (talk) 04:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyedits, more data, and citation form
I made some copyedits, added more information, and conformed citations to the same style, so that they are generally footnotes/references. Please contact me or make a note here is you have any concerns or problems with any of these edits. Bearian (talk) 17:39, 19 September 2013 (UTC)