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English word Shem comes from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *(ʔi-)sim-, Hebrew שם, and later Proto-Semitic *šim- (Name.)
*(ʔi-)sim- (Proto-Afro-Asiatic)
שם (Hebrew)
To put on, don, as clothing, shoes, etc.. To put, place. To turn on, as music, television, radio, etc. A first name. A name To assess, appraise: (determined value). There (somewhere at some distance from the speaker) Shem.
*šim- (Proto-Semitic)
Name.
שם (Ancient Hebrew)
Σημ (Ancient Greek)
Shem (English)
(biblical character) The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.. A male given name. of biblical origin.