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Shem

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baalnoun(mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
chimAlternative form of cheem. [(Singapore, informal) Deep; profound; complex.]
semnounClipping of semester. [Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.]
tobnoun(finance) Abbreviation of top of book, the most competitively priced level on each side of an order book.
tovnoun(business, law) A Ukrainian limited liability company.
japhethnoun(biblical) The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham, who received a blessing from God with Shem, considered to be the ancestor of the Japhetic people(s) (associated approx. with Indo-Europeans and Turkic peoples).
semitenounA member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
gomernoun(slang, derogatory) A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.
japhetitenoun(biblical) A supposed descendant of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah.
javannounPertaining to, or from, the island of Java
japhethitenounAlternative form of Japhetite. [(biblical) A supposed descendant of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah.]
nimrodnoun(chiefly US, informal, derogatory) A foolish person; an idiot.
magognounA city and river in Quebec, Canada.
hashemnounA name used by many Jews in ordinary conversation to refer to God.
shemaiahnoun(biblical) Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
shemitenounA Semite, especially a descendant of the Biblical Shem.
ebernoun(biblical) the son of Salah and the father of Joktan and Peleg.
yaakovnoun(Judaism) The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
nebaiothnoun(biblical) The first son of Ishmael, according to the Hebrew Bible.
ishmaelnoun(Abrahamism, biblical) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites.

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