שכם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־כ־ם (sh-k-m)
2 terms

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎘𐎋𐎎 (ṯkm, “shoulders”).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃχem/
    • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. shoulder, upper part of the back
    • Tanach, Genesis 9:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאוּ׃
      And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Declension

Declension of שְׁכֶם
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite שְׁכֶם first שִׁכְמִי שִׁכְמֵנוּ
definite הַשְּׁכֶם second שִׁכְמְךָ שִׁכְמֵךְ שִׁכְמְכֶם שִׁכְמְכֶן
construct שְׁכֶם־ third שִׁכְמוֹ שִׁכְמָהּ שִׁכְמָם שִׁכְמָן

Derived terms

Proper noun

שְׁכֶם • (sh'khém) m [pattern: קְטֶל]

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) Shechem, son of the Hivite king Hamor
    • Tanach, Genesis 34:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיַּרְא אֹתָהּ שְׁכֶם בֶּן־חֲמוֹר הַחִוִּי נְשִׂיא הָאָרֶץ וַיִּקַּח אֹתָהּ וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֹתָהּ וַיְעַנֶּהָ׃
      And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
  2. (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 מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה 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.
  3. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) Nablus (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

References

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