שֵׁםshêm

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁמַיִםshâmayim · H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
• שֵׁםShêm · H8035Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
• שֻׁםshum · H8036{an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character}
• שֶׁמְאֵבֶרShemʼêber · H8038Shemeber, a king of Zeboim
• שְׁמִידָעShᵉmîydâʻ · H8061Shemida, an Israelite
• שְׁמִירָמוֹתShᵉmîyrâmôwth · H8070Shemiramoth, the name of two Israelites

Where it appears

Appears 864 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 2:11 The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
• Genesis 2:13 The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.
• Genesis 2:14 The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
• Genesis 2:19 So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.
• Genesis 2:20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
• Genesis 3:20 Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.