שכם

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־כ־ם (sh-k-m)

Pronunciation

Noun

שְׁכֶם • (sh'khém) m (no plural forms, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שֶׁכֶם)

  1. shoulder blade
    • Tanach, Isaiah 9:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי־יֶ֣לֶד יֻלַּד־לָ֗נוּ בֵּ֚ן נִתַּן־לָ֔נוּ וַתְּהִ֥י הַמִּשְׂרָ֖ה עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ פֶּ֠לֶא יוֹעֵץ֙ אֵ֣ל גִּבּ֔וֹר אֲבִי־עַ֖ד שַׂר־שָׁלֽוֹם׃
      For a child is born unto us, A son is given unto us; And the government is upon his shoulder; And his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom; (That is, Wonderful in counsel is God, the Mighty, the Everlasting Father, the Ruler of peace.)

References

Proper noun

שְׁכֶם • (sh'khém) m

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) Shechem, Sichem (an ancient city near present-day Nablus, Palestine)
    • Tanach, Genesis 12:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר אַבְרָם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ עַ֚ד מְקֹ֣ום שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵלֹ֣ון מֹורֶ֑ה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י אָ֥ז בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
      And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
  2. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) Nablus (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

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