Lexical Definition

‎שְׁכֶם‎ Shᵉkem (shek-em') Shechem ^N:N--L
the same as ‎שְׁכֶם‎; ridge

Shechem.

• § Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"
• Shekem, a place in Palestine

n pr m
1) son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival
n pr loc
2) a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria

See Greek: Συχέμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎שְׁכֶם‎ proper name, of a location₄₉ and masculine₁₄ (Συξεμ; ᵐ5^L often Σίκιμα Lag BN 57):

1. district in Northern Palestine (probably shoulder (saddle ?) of mountain); — ‎׳‎‎מְקוֺם שׁ‎ Gen 12:6, ‎שְׁכֶ֑מָךְ‎ Gen 37:14 = city (‎שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם‎, Hos 6:9 ‎שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ‎) Josh 24:1 ‎׳‎‎עִיר שׁ‎ Gen 33:18 + 20 t. Judg 9 (‎׳‎‎בַּעֲלֵי שׁ‎ vGen 33:2 + 12 t., ‎׳‎‎מִגְדַּלשֿׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ vGen 33:46 vGen 33:47), Hos 6:9 + 21 t. (‎׳‎‎עִיר שׁ‎ Gen 33:18); city of refuge Josh 20:7; Josh 21:21; 1Chr 6:52*. — WMM^As.u.Eur.394, compare Egyptian Sa-ka-ma; (compare Jen^{ZA x (1895) 356}); modern Nablûs (from Roman name Neapolis); see Buhl^{G 200 f.} GASm^{G 332 ff. 345} Wilsons^{Hast. DB SHECHEM.}

2. proper name, masculine (on connection with 1 compare Judg 9:28), 'son' of Hamor, also Gen 33:19; Gen 34:2 + 10 t. 34, Josh 24:3.

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