Shem

Synonyms for "shem" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
ancestral progenitor

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
biblical figurename

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
noah's sonpatriarch

Related word relations

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biblical figurelexemeperson

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4 entries
Noah's sonantediluvian patriarchgiven nameproper name

Collocations

6 entries
Noah's sonSemitic progenitorShem lineageantediluvian patriarchbiblical figurelineage of Shem

Derivations

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Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Source: tatoeba (7958161)

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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