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Shem

Shem (/ʃɛm/; Hebrew: שֵׁם Šēm; Arabic: سَام, romanized: Sām) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4).

In later Jewish sources, Overview & In Islam

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Children
Elam Ashur Arphaxad Lud Aram
Family
Japheth and Ham (brothers)
Father
Noah

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In the Bible

In later Jewish sources

In the New Testament

In Islam

In Gnosticism

In Mandaeism

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Shem

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples95
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
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related to In later Jewish sources · 20
Shem → Abraham, According, Assyria, Battle, Chaldea, Elam, Flavius Josephus, Four Kings, Genesis Rabbah, Jewish, King, Levantine, Leviticus Rabbah, Lydia, Melchizedek, Numbers Rabbah, Salem, Shem's, Talmud Nedarim, The
related to Shi'a Islam · 14
Shem → Earth, God, God's, Great Name, Imam Ja'far, In, Jibrael, Me, Noah, Oh Noah, Sadiq, Sam, Shiite, Your
related to Genesis 10 · 12
Shem → According, Also, Eber, English, Genesis, However, Japheth, Jewish Publication Society, King James Version, New American Standard Bible, The, Unto Shem
related to Sunni Islam · 10
Shem → Children, Early Islamic, God, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Ishaq, Israel, Jesus, Muhammad, Noah, Shem's
related to In Gnosticism · 8
Shem → Derkedeas, Earth, Gnostic, Gnosticism, Seth, Sethian, The Paraphrase, Unlike
related to In the New Testament · 8
Shem → Abraham, Arphaxad, Jesus Christ, Luke, Luke's, Matthew's, Noah, Sem
related to In Mandaeism · 7
Shem → Ginza Rabba, In Mandaean, Mandaeans, Modern Mandaic, Qulasta, Shom, Shum
related to External links · 6
Shem → Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Herbermann, New York, Robert Appleton Company, Sem
related to Genesis 11 · 4
Shem → Arphaxad, Excerpts, Genesis, Jewish Publication Society
Children · 1
Shem → Elam Ashur Arphaxad Lud Aram

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noah arphaxad one genesis islamic jewish bible 10 11 children father elam sons sources japheth abraham family ashur lud aram

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShemChildrenElam Ashur Arphaxad Lud Aram1.00infobox
ShemFamilyJapheth and Ham (brothers)1.00infobox
ShemFatherNoah1.00infobox
the Ginza Rabbainstance ofIn MandaeismIn Mandaean scriptures0.80text
Qulastainstance ofIn MandaeismIn Mandaean scriptures0.80text
Shem is referred to as Šuminstance ofIn MandaeismIn Mandaean scriptures0.80text
Shemrelated to External linksHerbermann0.60section
Shemrelated to External linksCharles0.60section
Shemrelated to External linksSem0.60section
Shemrelated to External linksCatholic Encyclopedia0.60section
Shemrelated to External linksNew York0.60section
Shemrelated to External linksRobert Appleton Company0.60section

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