Σήμ

See also: σῆμ'

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שֵׁם (Šēm).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ːm/ → /sim/ → /sim/

• (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

1. Shem, one of the sons of Noah.

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Declension of ὁ Σήμ; τοῦ Σήμ (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σήμ ho Sḗm
Genitive	τοῦ Σήμ toû Sḗm
Dative	τῷ Σήμ tôi Sḗm
Accusative	τὸν Σήμ tòn Sḗm
Vocative	Σήμ Sḗm

Irregular declension of ὁ Σήμ; τοῦ Σήμας (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σήμ ho Sḗm
Genitive	τοῦ Σήμας toû Sḗmas
Dative	τῷ Σήμᾳ tôi Sḗmāi
Accusative	τὸν Σήμαν tòn Sḗman
Vocative	—

Derived terms

• Σημίτης (Sēmítēs)
• Σημιτικός (Sēmitikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σημ (Sim)
• → Latin: Sēm
• → 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