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title: שֶׁכֶם — Shechem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁכֶם (7928), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Shechem. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁכֶם

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«שֶׁכֶם» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7928 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫כֶם

### Glosses

Shechem (2); of.Shechem (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shechem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7928/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7928/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Manasseh (Συχεμ): Nu 26:31; 1 Ch 7:19; בְּנֵי־שׁ׳ Jos 17:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «שֶׁכֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7928/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 26:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.31/)

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וְאַ֨שְׂרִיאֵ֔ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָֽאַשְׂרִֽאֵלִ֑י וְשֶׁ֕כֶם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁכְמִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Asriel the.clan of the.Asrielite\[s\] and Shechem the.clan of the.Shechemite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

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[1 Chronicles 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.19/)

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וַיִּהְי֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י שְׁמִידָ֑ע אַחְיָ֣ן וָשֶׁ֔כֶם וְלִקְחִ֖י וַאֲנִיעָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Shemida Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

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