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title: שְׁכֶם — Shechem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁכֶם (7927), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Shechem. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁכֶם

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«שְׁכֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shechem** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 7927 · **BDB:** שְׁכֶם²

### Glosses

Shechem (8); of.Shechem (6); \[is\].Shechem (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shechem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7927/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7927/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc.49 et m.14 (Συχεμ; 𝔊L often Σίκιμα LagBN 57): district in N. Palestine (prob. shoulder (saddle?) of mount.);—מְקוֹם שׁ׳ Gn 12:6, שְׁכֶ֑מָה 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶם, שְׁכֶ֑מָה, Ho 6:9 שֶׁ֑כְמָה) Jos 24:1; עִיר שׁ׳ Gn 33:18; Ju 8:31 + 20 times Ju 9 (בַּעֲלֵי שׁ׳ v 2 + 12 times, ב׳ מִגְדַּל־שׁ׳ v 46, 47), Ho 6:9 + 21 times (עִיר שׁ׳ Gn 33:18); city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:21; 1 Ch 6:52.—WMMAs. u. Eur. 394, cp. Egypt. Sa-ka-mà (cf. Jen ZA x (1895) 356); mod. Nablûs (from Rom. name Neapolis); v. BuhlG 200 f. GASmG 332 ff. 345 WilsonHast. DB shechem. n.pr.m. (on connexion with 1 cf. Ju 9:28), ‘son’ of Ḥamor, also Gn 33:19; 34:2 + 10 times 34, Jos 24:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁכֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7927/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 34:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.6/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֛א חֲמ֥וֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶ֖ם אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְדַבֵּ֖ר אִתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Hamor the.father of.Shechem to Jacob to speak with him

*JPS 1917:* And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.

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[Genesis 34:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.18/)

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וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ דִבְרֵיהֶ֖ם בְּעֵינֵ֣י חֲמ֑וֹר וּבְעֵינֵ֖י שְׁכֶ֥ם בֶּן־חֲמֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.good words their in the.eyes of.Hamor and in the.eyes of.Shechem the.son of.Hamor

*JPS 1917:* And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

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