Ham = "hot"

1. 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands

2. in late usage, a collective name for Egyptians

   proper locative noun

3. the place where Chedorlaomer smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of Ammonites (Gilead) east of the Jordan

Japheth = "opened"

1. the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia

Noah = "rest"

1. son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood

Shem = "name"

1. the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes