Σήμ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew שׁם‎.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ːm/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝m/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sim/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sim/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sim/

Proper noun

Σήμ • (Sḗm) m (genitive Σήμας); first declension

Shem, one of the sons of Noah.

Usage notes

Josephus declines Σήμ, while biblical writings treat it as indeclinable.

Inflection

Declension of Σήμ, Σήμας

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Σήμ
Genitive	Σήμας
Dative	Σήμᾳ
Accusative	Σήμαν
Vocative	?

Derived terms

Σημίτης (Sēmítēs)
Σημιτικός (Sēmitikós)

Descendants

Greek: Σημ (Sim)
→ Latin: Sem
→ Old Church Slavonic: Симъ (Simŭ)
- → Old East Slavic: Симъ (Simŭ)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G4590 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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