46%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew Scripts שֵׁם(Ancient Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. SHEHM(English) [key · IPA] 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. See All Relations · Show Family TreeRelated Names Other Languages & CulturesSem(Biblical Greek) Sem(Biblical Latin) Sem(Dutch) Categories biblical, biblical patriarchs Entry updated February 28, 2019
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