And the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
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Shem
Synonyms for "shem"
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Translations
23 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Σήμ name (son of Noah)
Arabic
1 entries- سَام name (son of Noah)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܫܝܡ name (son of Noah)
Armenian
1 entries- Սեմ name (son of Noah)
Bengali
2 entries- সাম name (son of Noah)
- সেম name (son of Noah)
Czech
1 entries- Šém name (son of Noah)
Finnish
1 entries- Seem name (son of Noah)
French
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
German
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
Greek
1 entries- Σημ name (son of Noah)
Hindi
1 entries- शाम name (son of Noah)
Hungarian
1 entries- Sém name (son of Noah)
Italian
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
Latin
2 entries- Sēm name (son of Noah)
- Sēmus name (son of Noah)
Old Armenian
1 entries- Սէմ name (son of Noah)
Persian
1 entries- سام name (son of Noah)
Polish
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
Portuguese
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
Russian
1 entries- Сим name (son of Noah)
Spanish
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Sem name (son of Noah)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
But Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Source: tatoeba (7959494)
And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, be Canaan his servant.
Source: tatoeba (7959535)
May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan be his servant.
Source: tatoeba (7959549)
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