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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Shem en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
    • And the sonnes of Noah that went forth of the Arke, were Shem, and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Deriveds

Shemite

Relateds

Semitic · Semite

Translations (23)

fi Seem (son of Noah) · fr Sem (son of Noah) · bn সেম (son of Noah) · fa سام (son of Noah) · it Sem (son of Noah) · xcl Սէմ (son of Noah) · la Sēmus (son of Noah) · ru Сим (son of Noah) · el Σημ (son of Noah) · la Sēm (son of Noah) · hu Sém (son of Noah) · es Sem (son of Noah) · grc Σήμ (son of Noah) · syc ܫܝܡ (son of Noah) · bn সাম (son of Noah) · hi शेम (son of Noah) · pl Sem (son of Noah) · vi Sem (son of Noah) · ar سَام (son of Noah) · hy Սեմ (son of Noah) · de Sem (son of Noah) · cs Šém (son of Noah) · pt Sem (son of Noah)

wikidata: Q200902