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Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שְׁכֶם noun masculineZephaniah 3:9 shoulder; — absolute ׳שׁ Genesis 48:2 +, שְׁכֶ֑ם Genesis 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 Genesis 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, לִסְבֹּל ׳וַיֵּט שׁ Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; Issachar under figure of ass), compare Genesis 21:14 (E), Genesis 24:15,45; Exodus 12:34, also Genesis 9:23 (all J), Joshua 4:5 (E), Judges 9:48; Isaiah 10:27 ("" צַוָּאר), Isaiah 14:25 (both figurative), Psalm 81:7, so, metaphorical, of responsibility of rule Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 22:22= (symbolized by key), of accusation as (easy) burden Job 31:36; figurative also אֶחָד ׳לְעָבְדוֺ שׁ Zephaniah 3:9 to serve him (with) one shoulder (as one man), of. Syriac . b. in statement of Saul's height, מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה גָּכֹהַּ מִכָּלהָֿעָם1Samuel 9:2, compare 1 Samuel 10:23 and (with play on proper name, of a location שְׁכֶם) אַהַד עַלאַֿחֶיךָ ׳נָתַתִּי לְךָ שׁ Genesis 48:22 (E; compare Dr). 2 in General back: כְּהַפְנֹתוֺ שִׁכְמוֺ לָלֶכֶת מֵעִם 1 Samuel 10:9; so ׳תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ שׁ Psalm 21:13, i.e. make them turn (in flight; compare וְאוֺיְבַי נָתַתָּה לִי עֹרֶף, Psalm 18:41); as beaten ׳מַטֵּה שׁ Isaiah 9:3 ("" שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּנֵשׂ בּוֺ); more anatomical תִמּוֺל ׳כְּתֵפִי מִשּׁ Job 31:22 let my shoulder blade fall from its back. — Hosea 6:9 see II. שְׁכֶם below שִׁכְמָה see foregoing. Forms and Transliterations כמי מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ משכמו שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁכֶ֥ם שִׁ֭כְמִי שִׁכְמ֑וֹ שִׁכְמ֔וֹ שִׁכְמ֖וֹ שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָ שִׁכְמָ֔הּ שִׁכְמָ֛הּ שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃ שִׁכְמָֽם׃ שִׁכְמוֹ֙ שֶׁ֑כֶם שכם שכמה שכמה׃ שכמו שכמך שכמם׃ chemi ḵə·mî ḵəmî miš·šiḵ·mōw mishshichMo miššiḵmōw še·ḵem šə·ḵem šeḵem šəḵem sheChem shichMah shichMam shichMecha shichMo šiḵ·māh šiḵ·mām šiḵ·me·ḵā šiḵ·mōw šiḵmāh šiḵmām šiḵmeḵā šiḵmōw Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts