who is shem in the bible
Shem
Shem ( ; Sēm; Arabic : Sām; Ge'ez : ሴም, Sēm; "renown; prosperity; name") was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature .
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(spirituality) History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance Safavid Iran List of Shaman King characters History of the Jews in Poland Criticism of the Book of Abraham Egyptians History of France Mircea Eliade Ham (son of Noah) Zionism Angel Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Jewish Christian Babylon Ahmadiyya Nineveh Abraham's family tree Mary Magdalene Martin Luther Seventh-day Adventist theology Tetzaveh Women in the Quran Tartan Stoning Abu Bakr Riba Genesis creation narrative Helios Fatimid Caliphate History of Jerusalem History of Christianity History of slavery Tetragrammaton Umayyad Caliphate Historiography of the Christianization of the Roman Empire Religious symbolism in the United States military Creationism God in Islam Historicity of the Bible Palestinians Cave of the Patriarchs Origin of Shia Islam Christian eschatology Historiography Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Jewish mythology Philistines David Islamic schools and branches Seven Laws of Noah Medina Chinese mythology 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Deuterocanonical books Authorship of the Bible The Dresden Files characters Balaam Reform Judaism Scythian genealogical myth List of minor biblical tribes History of Algeria Muhammad Iqbal's political philosophy Pekudei Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia Meaning of life Vilnius Nicolae Iorga Ynglism Abraham and the Idol Shop Pontius Pilate Mamluk Sultanate The Buddha Houston Stewart Chamberlain Lutheranism History of women in the United States Antinomianism Bechukotai Voltaire Ur of the Chaldees History of medicine Jonah Enoch Hanukkah Historikerstreit History of West Africa History of the Jews in Germany Pentecostalism Inanna Muhammad al-Baqir Mu'awiya I Sefer haYashar (midrash) Unification Church Islamic State Missionary Henry VI, Part 3 Black people and temple and priesthood policies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Hashemite–Umayyad rivalry Apostasy in Islam by country Zoroastrianism List of recurring The Simpsons characters Christianity and Islam Abbasid Caliphate 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Aleppo Assyrian people List of angels in Supernatural Serpent seed New Apostolic Church Hellenistic period History of Transylvania Sheba Conversion to Judaism International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism by region History of Speyer Nazarene (title) History of science and technology in Africa Prussian Union of Churches Nativity of Jesus Alexander the Great Slavery in medieval Europe Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon) Society and culture of the Han dynasty Biblical numerology Crusades Urfa Psalms History of the Jews in Tunisia Ghulat List of Discworld characters Vikings Ulama Almanzor Ethiopia The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kural Sikhism Wales Eastern Orthodox Church Prophethood (Ahmadiyya) Amin al-Husseini Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932) Yusuf al-Qaradawi Latin Church Johannine Comma List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters Isaac Rejection of evolution by religious groups Diplomatic career of Muhammad Historical background of the New Testament Chronology of Jesus Bob Dylan Anu Mormonism Achaemenid Empire Hebrews List of Pokémon anime characters Religious war Hagia Sophia Christian Zionism Banu Kilab Amalek Blueberry (comics) Palmyra Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent Comparative religion Uzair Paris in the 18th century Ordination of women Judas Iscariot Chronology of Shakespeare's plays Morality in Islam History of Spain Brit milah Genesis Apocryphon Kingdom of Jerusalem Aisha Lucifer Islamic views on slavery Philo Purim Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate Matot Seyyed Hossein Nasr Ramakrishna Banu Qurayza Kharijites Tafsir Jesuits Bhagavad Gita Bábism List of Watch Tower Society publications Rebecca Genghis Khan Spread of Islam Benito Mussolini Circumcision Apocalypticism Criticism of the Bible History of concubinage in the Muslim world Moses in rabbinic literature History of Morocco Shmita History of Zakynthos Muhammad Ali Conservative Judaism Pharisees Classical Anatolia Cyrus Cylinder Joseph's Tomb History of philosophy Messianism Ishmaelites List of One Piece characters Wali René Guénon Judah (son of Jacob) Christian views on marriage History of libraries Institutional racism History of Lebanon List of Heroes characters Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses Franciscus Patricius Serbia in the Middle Ages History of the Jews in France Isra' and Mi'raj Ancient Carthage Aniconism Middle Assyrian Empire Wu Ding History of Cumbria Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses Islamism History of evolutionary thought Religious pluralism History of painting Muslim Brotherhood Religion in Albania Women's rights History of Poland Yeshu Averroes Antisemitism Death by burning Messiah ben Joseph Women's rights in Saudi Arabia Scotland in the early modern period Springfield race riot of 1908 Spanish Inquisition Al-Farabi Hebrew language Al-Ma'mun H. 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