Lexical Summary shekem: shoulder Original Word: שְׁכֶםTransliteration: shekem Phonetic Spelling: (shek-em') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: shoulder Meaning: the neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill Strong's Concordance place of burdensFrom shakam; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill -- back, X consent, portion, shoulder. see HEBREW shakam Brown-Driver-Briggs H7926. shekem I. שְׁכֶם noun masculineZephaniah 3:9 shoulder; — absolute ׳שׁ Genesis 48:2 +, שְׁכֶ֑ם 33:19 +, שֶׁ֑כֶם Psalm 21:13 (whence original *šakm inferred Ol§ 147 a near the end Sta§ 199 a; but ֶ֯ derived from ִ֯ before כ, BaNB 104 Kö ii.l.67, 506); construct שְׁכֶם Genesis 9:23; suffix שִׁכְמוֺ 49:15 +, שִׁכְמָה (for שִׁכְמָהּ Ges§ 91e) Job 31:22, etc.; — 1 shoulder (sometimes including back of neck; כתף = shoulder-blade): a. as bearing burdens, שׁ ׳וַיֵּט לִסְבֹּל Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; Issachar under figure of ass), compare 21:14 (E), 24:15, 45; Exodus 12:34, also Genesis 9:23 (all J), Joshua 4:5 (E), Judges 9:48; Isaiah 10:27 ("" צַוָּאר), 14:25 (both figurative), Psalm 81:7, so, metaphorical, of responsibility of rule Isaiah 9:5; 22:22#NAME?Job 31:36; figurative also שׁ ׳לְעָבְדוֺ אֶחָד Zephaniah 3:9 to serve him (with) one shoulder (as one man), of. Syriac . b. in statement of Saul's height, מִכָּלהָֿעָם גָּכֹהַּ וָמַ֫עְלָה מִשִּׁכְמוֺ1 Samuel 9:2, compare 10:23 and (with play on proper name, of a location שְׁכֶם) שׁ לְךָ ׳נָתַתִּי עַלאַֿחֶיךָ אַהַד Genesis 48:22 (E; compare Dr). 2 in General back: מֵעִם לָלֶכֶת שִׁכְמוֺ כְּהַפְנֹתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:9; so שׁ ׳תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ Psalm 21:13, i.e. make them turn (in flight; compare עֹרֶף לִי נָתַתָּה וְאוֺיְבַי, 18:41); as beaten שׁ ׳מַטֵּה Isaiah 9:3 ("" בּוֺ הַנֹּנֵשׂ שֵׁבֶט); more anatomical מִשּׁ ׳כְּתֵפִי תִמּוֺל Job 31:22 let my shoulder blade fall from its back. — Hosea 6:9 see II. שְׁכֶם below שִׁכְמָה see foregoing. |
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