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Genesis 10:21

“Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שֵׁםShêm · shame
H8035 · Hebrew

Definition: Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
Derivation: the same as H8034 (שֵׁם); name;
KJV renderings: Sem, Shem.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
לְ — preposition
שֵׁ֥ם — proper noun
Code HC/R/Np
Usage: Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:32 Genesis 6:10 Genesis 7:13 Genesis 9:18 Genesis 9:23

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֵׁם here.

Verse 20 Verse 22

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.