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Shem (שם) means name in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שֵׁם
shem
noun · masculine
In English

name

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Shem.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    מילה או צמד מילים המתארים חפץ או חי ומשמשים לזיהוי.
    וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו, מַה־שְּׁמֶךָ; וַיֹּאמֶר, יַעֲקֹב.
  2. 2
    בהשאלהיוקרתו של האדם בעיני הבריות.
    נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב; מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טוֹב.
  3. 3
    אחד מבני נח
    וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי שֵׁם; וִיהִי כְנַעַן עֶבֶד לָמוֹ.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Shem is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
שֵׁם
Written without vowel points
שם
Said
shem
Root
ש־ו־מ
Plural
שֵׁמוֹת
Inflections
ר' שֵׁמוֹת, שְׁמוֹת־
Gematria
340

This is how Shem is said in other languages.

English
name
Arabic
اسم
Russian
имя
French
nom
Spanish
nombre
German
Name
Yiddish
נאָמען, שם

These words mean nearly the same as Shem.

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These words rhyme with Shem.

The word Shem is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Shem comes from the root ש־ו־מ, like these words.

This is where the word Shem comes from.

המילה משותפת למספר לשונות שמיות. כגון; ערבית, اِسْم; ארמית, ܫܡܳܐ; אכדית, 2; געז, ስም

These words come before and after Shem in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Shem.

What does Shem (⁨שם⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shem (⁨שם⁩) means name. It is said shem, with the stress on shem.

What is a synonym for Shem (⁨שם⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Shem (⁨שם⁩) are ⁨זכר⁩, ⁨כינוי⁩, ⁨מוניטין⁩, and ⁨פרסום⁩.

What rhymes with Shem (⁨שם⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shem (⁨שם⁩) include ⁨אם⁩, ⁨שלם⁩, ⁨גורם⁩, ⁨לוחם⁩, ⁨מכרסם⁩, and ⁨אשם⁩.

Is Shem (⁨שם⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shem (⁨שם⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨שֵׁמוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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