ܫܝܡ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Hebrew שֵׁם (šēm) amd Arabic سَام (sām) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃim/
Proper noun
ܫܝܡ • (šīm)
- (biblical) Shem
- Peshitta, Genesis 10:22:
- ܒܢ̈ܝ ܫܝܡ ܥܝܠܡ ܘܐܫܘܪ ܘܐܪܦܟܫܕ ܘܠܘܕ ܘܐܪܡ
- wabnay šīm ʿīlām w(ə)ʾāšūr w(ə)ʾarpakšad w(ə)lūd w(ə)ʾārām.
- The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram
- Peshitta, Genesis 10:22:
Derived terms
- ܫܝܡܝܐ (“Semite/semitic”)
- ܠܫ̈ܢܐ ܫܝܡ̈ܝܐ (“Semitic languages”)
Related terms
The sons of Shem
- ܥܝܠܡ (ʿīlām, “Elam”)
- ܐܫܘܪ (ʾāšūr, “Asshur”)
- ܐܪܦܟܫܪ (ʾarpakšad, “Arpachshad”)
- ܠܘܕ (lūd, “Lud”)
- ܐܪܡ (ʾārām, “Aram”)
References
- ܫܝܡ on syriacdictionary.net
- Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 575