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title: שִׁקְמָה — sycomore tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁקְמָה (8256), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: sycomore tree. BDB 1906: n.f. sycomore tree. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁקְמָה

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«שִׁקְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sycomore tree** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8256 · **BDB:** שִׁקְמָה

### Glosses

sycamores (6); of.sycamores (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sycomore tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8256/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sycomore tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8256/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sycomore tree (NH id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא, ܫܶܩܡܳܐ, LöwNo.332; hence Gk. συκάμινος, mulberry LewyFremdw.23);—pl. abs. שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 +; sf. שִׁקְמוֹתָם ψ 78:47;—sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (TristrNHB 397ff. PostFlora of Syria 730. Hast DB s.v.) a common tree Is 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1 K 10:27 = 2 Ch 1:15 = 9:27;1 Ch 27:28; as property ψ 78:47 (‖ גֶּפֶן); בּוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 a tender of sycomores (v. \[בָּלַם\]).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁקְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8256/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.9/)

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לְבֵנִ֥ים נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית נִבְנֶ֑ה שִׁקְמִ֣ים גֻּדָּ֔עוּ וַאֲרָזִ֖ים נַחֲלִֽיף׃

*Word for word:* bricks they.have.fallen and hewn.\[stone\] we.will.rebuild sycamores they.have.been.cut.down and cedars we.will.substitute

*JPS 1917:* 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'

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[Psalms 78:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.47/)

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יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃

*Word for word:* he.killed with (the) hail vine\[s\] their and sycamores their with a.flood

*JPS 1917:* He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.

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