Word Study · Strong's H8035 · Hebrew
שֵׁם
Shem
shame
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shêm
“Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
Rendered in the KJV as
Sem, Shem.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- שֵׁ֖ם6
- שֵׁ֔ם3
- שֵׁ֑ם2
- וּלְשֵׁ֥ם1
- וְשֵׁם־1
- שֵׁ֨ם1
- שֵׁ֚ם1
- שֵׁ֗ם1
- שֵׁ֥ם׀1
How it is rendered · 3
- Shem15
- and Shem1
- and to Shem1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)15
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 15
- HC/Npm · 1
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis14 occurrences
- Genesis 5:32שֵׁ֖םshemproper noun (a name)After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.here: Shem
- Genesis 6:10שֵׁ֖םshemproper noun (a name)And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.here: Shem
- Genesis 7:13וְשֵׁם־veshem-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—here: and Shem
- Genesis 9:18שֵׁ֖םshemproper noun (a name)The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.here: Shem
- Genesis 9:23שֵׁ֨םshemproper noun (a name)Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.here: Shem
- Genesis 9:26שֵׁ֑םshemproper noun (a name)He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.here: Shem
- Genesis 9:27שֵׁ֑םshemproper noun (a name)May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”here: Shem
- Genesis 10:1שֵׁ֖םshemproper noun (a name)This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.here: Shem
- Genesis 10:21וּלְשֵׁ֥םulshemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.here: and to Shem
- Genesis 10:22שֵׁ֖םshemproper noun (a name)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.here: Shem
- Genesis 10:31שֵׁ֔םshemproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.here: Shem
- Genesis 11:10שֵׁ֔םshemproper noun (a name)This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.here: Shem
- Genesis 11:10שֵׁ֚םshemproper noun (a name)This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.here: Shem
- Genesis 11:11שֵׁ֗םshemproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Shem
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:4שֵׁ֖םshemproper noun (a name)The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.here: Shem
- 1 Chronicles 1:17שֵׁ֔םshemproper noun (a name)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.here: Shem
- 1 Chronicles 1:24שֵׁ֥ם׀shemproper noun (a name)So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,here: Shem
Same headword in Strong's