HebrewEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Root
שׁ־ו־ם(š-w-m)

From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (name). Cognate with Arabic اسم(ism, name).

NounEdit

שֵׁם (shémm (plural indefinite שֵׁמוֹת‎, singular construct שֵׁם־, plural construct שְׁמוֹת־‎)

  1. a name
  2. a first name
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Etymology 2Edit

Compare Arabic ثَمَّ(ṯamma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

AdverbEdit

שָׁם (shám)

  1. there (somewhere at some distance from the speaker)
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Etymology 3Edit

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Proper nounEdit

שֵׁם (shémm

  1. Shem.
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Etymology 4Edit

Root
שׂ־י־ם(ś-y-m)

Compare Ge'ez ሤመ (śemä, to appoint, to put).

VerbEdit

שָׂם (sám) (pa'al construction, future יָשִׂים‎)

  1. to put, place
  2. to turn on (music, television, radio, etc.)
  3. to put on, don (clothing, shoes, etc.)
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Etymology 5Edit

Root
שׁ־ו־ם(š-w-m)

VerbEdit

שָׁם (sham) (pa'al construction)

  1. to assess, appraise: (determined value).
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