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View Name: Shem


SHEM
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
OTHER SCRIPTS: שֵׁם (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: SHEM (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "name" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Shem is one of Noah's three sons (along with Japheth and Ham) and the ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Sem (Biblical Greek), Sem (Biblical Latin), Sem (Dutch)



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