Shem

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

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.