שם

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1
Root
שׁ־ו־ם (š-w-m)

From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”). Cognate with Arabic اسم (ism, “name”).

Noun

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

  1. a name
  2. a first name
Declension
Declension of שֵׁם
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
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
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

שָׁם • (shám)

  1. there (somewhere at some distance from the speaker)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 3

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

שֵׁם • (shém) m

  1. Shem.
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 4
Root
שׂ־י־ם (ś-y-m)

Compare Ge'ez ሤመ (śemä, “to appoint, to put”).

Verb

שָׂם • (sám) third-singular masculine past (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
Conjugation of שָׂם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
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
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 5
Root
שׁ־ו־ם (š-w-m)

Verb

שָׁם • (sham) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to assess, appraise: (determined value).
Conjugation
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
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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