Word

שֵׁם

Shêm · H8035 · Hebrew · proper noun · 17 occurrences

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Person

Shemfirst named in Genesis 5:3217 verses

Meanings

Shem

Man; son of Noah

Examples
Genesis 5:32 Now after Noah was five hundred years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:13 On this very same day Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 1 groups

בֵּןson 3

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

חָיָהto be alive, to become alive, to live 1
לָקַחto take, to receive 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
יָלַדto bear 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בֵּןson 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

6 occurrences in 4 groups

בֵּןson 3
אֹהֶלtent 1
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
תּוֹלְדָהgenerations, genealogy 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 5 entries

Name002004002010: שֵׁם (Shêm, H8035) is the personal name "Shem," a son of Noah. The quotation "Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth" at Genesis 5:32 shows this proper-name sense, which does not independently attest the "Name" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁם (shêm, H8034) (the common noun "name") in the source data and reflects שֵׁם (shêm, H8034)'s own attested sense, not this proper name's.
Control002003002007: שֵׁם (Shêm, H8035) is the personal name "Shem," a son of Noah. The quotation "Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth" at Genesis 5:32 shows this proper-name sense, which does not independently attest the "Control" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁם (shêm, H8034) (the common noun "name") in the source data and reflects שֵׁם (shêm, H8034)'s own attested sense, not this proper name's.
Know002004002007: שֵׁם (Shêm, H8035) is the personal name "Shem," a son of Noah. The quotation "Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth" at Genesis 5:32 shows this proper-name sense, which does not independently attest the "Know" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁם (shêm, H8034) (the common noun "name") in the source data and reflects שֵׁם (shêm, H8034)'s own attested sense, not this proper name's.
Self003001016: שֵׁם (Shêm, H8035) is the personal name "Shem," a son of Noah. The quotation "Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth" at Genesis 5:32 shows this proper-name sense, which does not independently attest the "Self" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁם (shêm, H8034) (the common noun "name") in the source data and reflects שֵׁם (shêm, H8034)'s own attested sense, not this proper name's.
Names of People003001007: This proper name identifies Shem, one of the three sons of Noah, as in Genesis 5:32's account of his birth alongside Ham and Japheth.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8035. Shem II. שֵׁם proper name, masculine first son of Noah; — Gen 5:32; Gen 6:10; Gen…

H8035. Shem
II. שֵׁם proper name, masculine first son of Noah; — Gen 5:32; Gen 6:10; Gen 7:13; Gen 10:1, Gen 10:22, Gen 10:31; Gen 11:10 (twice in verse); Gen 11:11 (all P), Gen 9:18, Gen 9:23, Gen 9:26, Gen 9:27; Gen 10:21 (all J), 1Ch 1:4, 1Ch 1:17, 1Ch 1:24; σημ.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0