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שם

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Hebrew

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
שׁ־ו־ם (sh-w-m)
2 terms

From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (name). Cognate with Arabic اسم (ism, name) and Aramaic שְׁמָא (šəmā).

Noun

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שֵׁם (shemm (plural indefinite שֵׁמוֹת, singular construct שֵׁם־, plural construct שְׁמוֹת־)

  1. a name
  2. a first name
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Etymology 2

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Compare Arabic ثَمَّ (ṯamma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

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שָׁם (sham)

  1. there (somewhere at some distance from the speaker)
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    This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

    Proper noun

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    שֵׁם (shemm

    1. (biblical) Shem
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    Etymology 4

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    Compare Ge'ez ሤመ (śemä, to appoint, to put).

    Verb

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    שָׂם (sam) (pa'al construction, future יָשִׂים)

    1. to put, place
    2. to turn on (music, television, radio, etc.)
    3. to put on, don (gloves)
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    Conjugation of שָׂם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
    non-finite forms to-infinitive לָשִׂים
    action noun שִׂימָה
    finite forms singular plural
    m f m f
    past first שַׂמְתִּי שַׂמְנוּ
    second שַׂמְתָּ שַׂמְתְּ שַׂמְתֶּם שַׂמְתֶּן
    third שָׂם שָׂמָה שָׂמוּ
    present שָׂם שָׂמָה שָׂמִים שָׂמוֹת
    future first אָשִׂים נָשִׂים
    second תָּשִׂים תָּשִׂימִי תָּשִׂימוּ תָּשֵׂמְנָה1
    third יָשִׂים תָּשִׂים יָשִׂימוּ תָּשֵׂמְנָה1
    imperative positive שִׂים שִׂימִי שִׂימוּ שֵׂמְנָה1
    negative אַל + Second person future tense

    1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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    Verb

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    שָׁם (sham) (pa'al construction)

    1. to assess, appraise: (determined value).
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