שם

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Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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שׁ־ו־ם (sh-w-m)
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From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (name). Cognate with Arabic اسم (ism, name) and Aramaic שְׁמָא (šəmā).

Noun

שֵׁם (shem) m (plural indefinite שֵׁמוֹת, singular construct שֵׁם־, plural construct שְׁמוֹת־)

  1. a name
  2. a first name
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Declension of שֵׁם
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State:form Person:singularplural
m f m f
singularindefinite שֵׁם first שְׁמִישְׁמֵנוּ
definite הַשֵּׁם second שִׁמְךָשְׁמֵךְשִׁמְכֶםשִׁמְכֶן
construct שֵׁם־ third שְׁמוֹשְׁמָהּשְׁמָםשְׁמָן
pluralindefinite שֵׁמוֹת first שמותיי / שְׁמוֹתַישְׁמוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַשֵּׁמוֹת second שְׁמוֹתֶיךָשמותייך / שְׁמוֹתַיִךְשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶםשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶן
construct שְׁמוֹת־ third שְׁמוֹתָיושְׁמוֹתֶיהָשְׁמוֹתָםשְׁמוֹתָן
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Etymology 2

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

Adverb

שָׁם (sham)

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

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Proper noun

שֵׁם (shem) m

  1. (biblical) Shem
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Etymology 4

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שׂ־י־ם (s-y-m)
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Compare Ge'ez ሤመ (śemä, to appoint, to put).

Verb

שָׂם (sam) (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.)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of שָׂם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָשִׂים
action noun שִׂימָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first שַׂמְתִּישַׂמְנוּ
second שַׂמְתָּשַׂמְתְּשַׂמְתֶּםשַׂמְתֶּן
third שָׂםשָׂמָהשָׂמוּ
present שָׂםשָׂמָהשָׂמִיםשָׂמוֹת
future first אָשִׂיםנָשִׂים
second תָּשִׂיםתָּשִׂימִיתָּשִׂימוּתָּשֵׂמְנָה1
third יָשִׂיםתָּשִׂיםיָשִׂימוּתָּשֵׂמְנָה1
imperative שִׂיםשִׂימִישִׂימוּשֵׂמְנָה1
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1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms
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Etymology 5

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Verb

שָׁם (sham) (pa'al construction)

  1. to assess, appraise: (determined value).
Conjugation
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Conjugation of שָׁם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָשׁוּם
action noun שׁוּמָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first שַׁמְתִּישַׁמְנוּ
second שַׁמְתָּשַׁמְתְּשַׁמְתֶּםשַׁמְתֶּן
third שָׁםשָׁמָהשָׁמוּ
present שָׁםשָׁמָהשָׁמִיםשָׁמוֹת
future first אָשׁוּםנָשׁוּם
second תָּשׁוּםתָּשׁוּמִיתָּשׁוּמוּתשומנה / תָּשֹׁמְנָה1
third יָשׁוּםתָּשׁוּםיָשׁוּמוּתשומנה / תָּשֹׁמְנָה1
imperative שׁוּםשׁוּמִישׁוּמוּשומנה / שֹׁמְנָה1
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1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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