שם
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שם¹
- /ʃim/
- /ʃeːm/
- /ʃem/ Modern Israeli
Rhymes with -em, -ɔm
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”). Cognate with Arabic اسم (ism, “name”) and Aramaic שְׁמָא (šəmā).
noun שֵׁם · shem · שֵׁמוֹת · שֵׁם־ · שְׁמוֹת־
- a name לְכָל אִישׁ יֵשׁ שֵׁם שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ אֱלֹהִים וְנָתְנוּ לוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ, / לְכָל אִישׁ יֵשׁ שֵׁם שֶׁנָּתְנוּ לוֹ קוֹמָתוֹ וְאֹפֶן חִיּוּכוֹ וְנָתַן לוֹ הָאָרִיג, […] l'khól ish yesh shém shenatán lo elohím venatnú lo avív ve'imó, / lekhól ish yesh shém shenatnú lo komató ve'ófen khiyukhó venatán
- a first name
שם²
- /ʃam/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Compare Arabic ثَمَّ (ṯamma), Aramaic תַּמָּה (tammā), תַּמָּן (tammān), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎎 (ṯm).
שם³
- /ʃem/ Modern Israeli
proper noun שֵׁם · shem
- Shem
שם⁴
- /sam/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Compare Ge'ez ሤመ (śemä, “to appoint, to put”).
שם⁵
- /ʃam/ Modern Israeli
verb שָׁם · sham · לָשׁוּם · שׁוּמָה · שַׁמְתִּי · שַׁמְנוּ
- to assess, appraise: (determined value). כׇּל הַשָּׁם אוֹרְחוֹתָיו זוֹכֶה וְרוֹאֶה בִּישׁוּעָתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא
Thesaurus
adverb
Opposite: כאן
In English
- noun grammatical category (broad sense)
- name word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing
- there in or at that place (position)
- put to place something somewhere
- set to put something down
- over there in that place
- repute reputation, especially a good reputation
- ibid. abbreviation of ibidem
Talk about this word "שם." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9D. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. שם. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9D "שם." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9D.Cite this
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