Shem

See also: shem, shém, shěm, and -shëm

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Shem

1. (biblical) The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
2. 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 (sām)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܫܝܡ

• Armenian: Սեմ (Sem)

  Old Armenian: Սէմ (Sēm)

• Czech: Šém m
• Finnish: Seem
• French: Sem (fr) m
• German: Sem (de)
• Hindi: शाम (hi) m (śām)
• Hungarian: Sém (hu)
• Italian: Sem m
• Latin: Sem m, Sēmus m
• Persian: سام (fa) (sâm)
• Polish: Sem (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sem m
• Russian: Сим (ru) m (Sim)
• Spanish: Sem
• Vietnamese: Sem

Anagrams

• Hems, Mehs, hems, mehs, mesh