42. Shuham. In Gen. 46:23 he is called Hushim; a variation in spelling, as is common in all languages. This is often true today with foreign names found in the United States. In the Bible such changes are by no means confined to the names of people. They may be found with trees, such as the almug of 1 Kings 10:11, 12, which is algum in 2 Chron. 2:8. The names of cities have likewise changed, an example being Joshua’s burial place, Timnath-serah in Joshua 24:30, but Timnath-heres in Judges 2:9.