(sing.), shemot (plural) Name, names. Typically in reference to holy Names of God. Various powers and qualities are attributed to Names.
One of the ancient names of India. See submersion of Pan, Book of Aph, and The Lords' First Book.
(Old Testament) eldest son of Noah
One of the three sons of Noah, he was chosen for special blessing; he was an ancestor of Abraham.
Shem (שֵ×× "renown; prosperity; name", Standard Hebrew Å em, Tiberian Hebrew Å Ä“m; Greek Σημ, SÄ“m; Arabic ) was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. He is most popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard him as the second son. Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem and his brother Japheth, but with sufficient ambiguity in each to have yielded different translations.
