Lexical Summary Shekem: "ridge", a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor Original Word: שְׁכֶםTransliteration: Shekem Phonetic Spelling: (shek-em') Part of Speech: proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine Short Definition: "ridge", a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor Meaning: Shechem -- "ridge", a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor Strong's Concordance Shechem The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine -- Shechem. see HEBREW shkem Brown-Driver-Briggs H7927. Shekem II. שְׁכֶם proper name, of a location49 and masculine14 (Συξεμ; ᵐ5L often Σίκιμα Lag BN 57): 1 district in Northern Palestine (probably shoulder (saddle ?) of mountain); — שׁ ׳מְקוֺם Genesis 12:6, שְׁכֶ֑מָךְ 37:14; = city (שְֶׁכֶם שְׁכֶ֑מָה, Hosea 6:9 שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ) Joshua 24:1; שׁ ׳עִיר Genesis 33:18 20t. Judges 9 (שׁ ׳בַּעֲלֵי 33:2 12t., ׳ב ׳מִגְדַּלשֿׁ Genesis 33:46; Genesis 33:47), Hosea 6:9 21t. (שׁ ׳עִיר Genesis 33:18); city of refuge Joshua 20:7; 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:52. — WMMAs.u.Eur.394, compare Egyptian Sa-ka-ma; (compare JenZA x (1895) 356); modern Nablûs (from Roman name Neapolis); see BuhlG 200 f. GASmG 332 ff. 345 WilsonsHast. DB SHECHEM. 2. proper name, masculine (on connection with 1 compare Judges 9:28), 'son' of Hamor, also Genesis 33:19; 34:2 10t. 34, Joshua 24:3. |