Shem

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Scripts שֵׁם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈʃɛm/(English)  [key·simplify]

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.

Related Names

Rootshem
Other Languages & CulturesSem(Biblical Greek) Sem(Biblical Latin) Sem(Dutch)

People think this name is

classic   mature   informal   natural   wholesome   strong   rough   strange   simple   serious  

Categories

biblical patriarchs, isograms, James Joyce characters, Tamora Pierce characters, word names

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8035, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8035.
Entry updated October 6, 2024