shem

不可数 · 专有名词

A proper noun referring to the eldest son of Noah, as mentioned in the Old Testament.

• 🇨🇳指《旧约》中挪亚的长子，其名字在中文圣经中通常译作“闪”。有时也用作该人物的音译名。

1. Biblical figure C2 formal

   The eldest son of Noah, according to the Old Testament, considered the ancestor of the Semitic peoples.

   • Shem was one of the three sons of Noah who survived the flood.
   • According to tradition, Shem is the progenitor of the Semitic nations.
   • The lineage of Shem is traced in the Book of Genesis.

   🇨🇳圣经人物

• shemites plural form
• shemites' possessive plural form
• shem's possessive singular form