Sem — the meaning of the Hebrew name שֵׁם

שֵׁם

Shêm · pronounced shame · Strong's H8035 · a man · also spelled Shem

Sem means name.

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שֵׁם shêm (the same as, H8034) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality open in the lexicon ›

the same as H8034; name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity).

Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (KJV)

16 occurrences in 16 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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