Shem

E384397

biblical figure human patriarch

Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Shem canonical	9
Shem (Noah film character)	1
Shem (traditional identification)	1
line of Seth	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ patriarch ⓘ
ancestorOf	Abraham ⓘ Eber ⓘ Hebrews ⓘ Israelites ⓘ Semitic peoples (traditional) ⓘ
associatedWith	Table of Nations ⓘ postdiluvian covenant ⓘ
birthOrder	one of Noah's three sons ⓘ sometimes described as eldest son ⓘ
category	Book of Genesis people ⓘ Noachide patriarchs ⓘ
culturalRole	eponymous ancestor of Semites ⓘ
etymology	name often linked to Hebrew word for 'name' (shem) ⓘ
hasChild	Aram-naharaim ⓘ surface form: Aram Arphaxad ⓘ Ashur ⓘ surface form: Asshur Elam ⓘ Joktan (according to some traditions) ⓘ Lud ⓘ
hasGenealogySection	Genesis 10 ⓘ Genesis 11 ⓘ
hasParent	Naamah (traditional Jewish identification) ⓘ surface form: Naamah (traditional, rabbinic) Noah ⓘ
hasSibling	Ham ⓘ Japheth ⓘ
hasSpouse	unnamed wife (Genesis) ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Genesis 10 ⓘ Genesis 11 ⓘ Genesis 5 ⓘ Genesis 6 ⓘ Genesis 7 ⓘ Genesis 8 ⓘ Genesis 9 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
positionInFamily	son of Noah ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam (as Sam or Shem) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative	survivor of the Flood ⓘ
theologicalRole	progenitor of line leading to Abraham ⓘ
traveledOn	Noah's Ark ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noah → parentOf → Shem ⓘ

Naameh → familyMember → Shem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shem (Noah film character)

Ila → spouse → Shem ⓘ

Finnegans Wake → centralCharacters → Shem ⓘ

Terah → descendantOf → Shem ⓘ

Drunkenness of Noah → involvesCharacter → Shem ⓘ

Drunkenness of Noah → showsFigure → Shem ⓘ

subject surface form: The Drunkenness of Noah (Michelangelo fresco)

Ham → siblingOf → Shem ⓘ

Japheth → siblingOf → Shem ⓘ

Naamah (traditional Jewish identification) → motherOf → Shem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shem (traditional identification)

Genesis 5 → mentions → Shem ⓘ

Book XV → discusses → Shem ⓘ

subject surface form: Book XV (The City of God)

this entity surface form: line of Seth