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Shem
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English
Etymology
From en grc Σήμ, from en he שם Šēm Hebr.
Proper noun
en Q200902en biblical character The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
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.
en male Hebrew of biblical origin.
Derived terms
en Shemite
Related terms
en Semite
en Semitic
Translations
son of Noah
Arabic: ar سَام m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܫܝܡ
Armenian: hy Սեմ
Old Armenian: xcl Սէմ
Bengali: bn সাম, bn সেম
Czech: cs Šém m
Finnish: fi Seem
French: fr Sem m
German: de Sem m
Greek: el Σημ m
Ancient Greek: grc Σήμ m
Hindi: hi शेम m
Hungarian: hu Sém
Italian: it Sem m
Latin: la Sēm m, la Sēmus m
Persian: fa سام sâm
Polish: pl Sem m
Portuguese: pt Sem m
Russian: ru Сим m
Spanish: es Sem m
Vietnamese: vi Sem
Anagrams
en ehms Hems Mehs hems mehs mesh