Σήμ

See also: σῆμ’

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Biblical Hebrew שֵׁם (šem)bor.

Ancient Greek Σήμ

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁם (šem).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ːm/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse̝m/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsim/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsim/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsim/

Proper noun

Σήμ • (Sḗm) m (genitive Σήμας); first declension

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 tōî 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 tōî 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