While Shem and his sons are of biblical antiquity, the Semite is of much more recent origin, dating from 18th-century Europe. The notion that some languages may be related to other languages …

Shem (/ ʃɛm /; Hebrew: שֵׁם Šēm; Arabic: سَام, romanized: Sām) [a] is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5–11 [1] and 1 Chronicles 1:4). The children of Shem are Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram, in addition to unnamed daughters. Abraham, the patriarch of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, is one of the descendants of Arphaxad.

Semitic people or Semites is a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group [2][3][4][5] associated with people of the Middle East, including Arabs, Jews, Akkadians, and Phoenicians.

Jan 4, 2022 · Semites are a group of Near Eastern and African peoples descended from Shem. Called the father of the Semites, Shem was a son of Noah. He and seven other members of his family entered the ark, escaped the flood, and lived to repopulate the earth. Through Shem passed the line of descent to the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Jul 22, 2024 · Noah's son's names were Shem, Ham, and Japheth, according to the book of Genesis. After the Flood, God tasked Noah's sons and their wives and offspring with repopulating the world. Shem is considered the ancestor of the Semitic peoples, including the …

Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. Gen. 9:24 makes it clear that Ham was the youngest of the three. Most English versions make Shem the eldest: NASB, NRSV, REB, NAB, NJB, NJPS and NIV in the footnotes. The usual scriptural formula is “Shem, Ham and Japheth” as in Gen. 5:32, 6:10, 7:13, 9:18, 10:1 and Frist Chronicles 1:4.

Term used in a general way to designate those peoples who are said in Gen. x. 21-30 to be the descendants of the patriarch Shem. These descendants are enumerated in the passage cited as Elam, Asshur (Assyria), Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Jul 1, 2017 · The term “Semitic” was coined in 1781 by the German Historian Ludwig Schlözer to refer to languages spoken by a group of people thought to descend from the biblical figure Shem, son of Noah.

The term "Semites" refers to a group of ancient peoples who are traditionally considered descendants of Shem, one of Noah's three sons, as outlined in the genealogies of Genesis.

The term "Semites" refers to a group of ancient peoples who are traditionally considered to be the descendants of Shem, one of the sons of Noah. This lineage is outlined in the Table of Nations found in Genesis 10, which traces the genealogies of Noah's sons after the Flood.