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title: שֵׁם — Sem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁם (8035), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Sem. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁם

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«שֵׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sem** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 8035 · **BDB:** שֵׁם²

### Glosses

Shem (11); of.Shem (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8035/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8035/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. first son of Noah;—Gn 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 10:1, 22, 31; 11:10(×2), 11 (all P), 9:18, 23, 26, 27; 10:21 (all J), 1 Ch 1:4, 17, 24; Σημ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8035/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.24/)

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שֵׁ֥ם ׀ אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד שָֽׁלַח׃

*Word for word:* Shem Arphaxad Shelah

*JPS 1917:* Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;

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[1 Chronicles 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.4/)

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נֹ֥חַ שֵׁ֖ם חָ֥ם וָיָֽפֶת׃ס

*Word for word:* Noah Shem Ham and Japheth

*JPS 1917:* Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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