Hebrew

Noun

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

1. a name
   • 1974, Zelda, Every Person Has a Name

     לְכָל אִישׁ יֵשׁ שֵׁם שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ אֱלֹהִים וְנָתְנוּ לוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ, / לְכָל אִישׁ יֵשׁ שֵׁם שֶׁנָּתְנוּ לוֹ קוֹמָתוֹ וְאֹפֶן חִיּוּכוֹ וְנָתַן לוֹ הָאָרִיג, […] ‎

     Every person has a name that God gave him and that his father and mother gave him / Every person has a name that his stature and his way of smiling gave him and that the fabric gave him […]

2. a first name

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

שָׁם • ‎(shám)

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

Derived terms

• שָׁמָּה

Antonyms

• כאן

Etymology 3

Proper noun

שֵׁם • ‎(shém) m

1. Shem.

Derived terms

• אַנְטִישֵׁמִי ‎(antishémi)
• אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת ‎(antishémiut)
• שֵׁמִי ‎(shémi)

Etymology 4

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

Verb

שָׂם • ‎(sám) ‎(pa'al construction, future יָשִׂים)

1. to put, place
2. to turn on, as music, television, radio, etc.
3. to put on, don, as clothing, shoes, etc.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to turn on): הִדְלִיק ‎(hidlík), הִפְעִיל ‎(hif'íl)
• (to put on): (clothing) לָבַשׁ ‎(lavásh), (shoes) נָעַל ‎(na'ál), (hat) חָבַשׁ, (eyeglasses) הִרְכִּיב ‎(hirkív)

Derived terms

• שָׂם לֵב ‎(sám lév)

Etymology 5

Verb

שָׁם • ‎(sham) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. to assess, appraise: (determined value).

Conjugation