שכם

שכם

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־כ־ם‎

Noun

שְׁכֶם • (sh'khém) m (no plural forms, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שֶׁכֶם) [pattern: קְטֶל]

1. shoulder
   • 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.)

2. back

References

• H7926 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Proper noun

שְׁכֶם • (sh'khém) m [pattern: קְטֶל]

1. Shechem (ancient city of Palestine), present day Nablus
   • 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.

References

• H7927 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979