Shem

See also: shem, shém, shěm, and -shëm

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from Hebrew שם (Šēm).

Proper noun

Shem

2. (biblical) The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 9:18:

  And the sonnes of Noah that went forth of the Arke, were Shem, and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Related terms

• Semite
• Semitic

Translations

son of Noah

Arabic: سَام m (sām) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܫܝܡ Bengali: সাম (śam), সেম (Sem) Armenian: Սեմ (Sem) Old Armenian: Սէմ (Sēm) Czech: Šém m Finnish: Seem French: Sem (fr) m German: Sem (de) m Greek: Σημ (el) m (Sim) Ancient Greek: Σήμ m (Sḗm) Hindi: शाम (hi) m (śām) Hungarian: Sém (hu) Italian: Sem m Latin: Sēm m, Sēmus m Persian: سام (fa) (sâm) Polish: Sem (pl) m Portuguese: Sem m Russian: Сим (ru) m (Sim) Spanish: Sem m Vietnamese: Sem

Anagrams

• Hems, Mehs, hems, mehs, mesh