STRONGS H7926:
Abbreviations
I. שְׁכֶם noun masculineZephaniah 3:9 shoulder; — absolute
שׁ׳ Genesis 48:22 +,
שְׁכֶ֑ם Genesis 33:19 +,
שֶׁ֑כֶם Psalm 21:13 [
Psalm 21:12] (whence original *
šakm inferred Ol
§ 147 a near the end Sta
§ 199 a; but
ֶ֯ derived from
ִ֯ before
כ, Ba
NB 104 Kö ii.l.67, 506); construct
שְׁכֶם Genesis 9:23; suffix
שִׁכְמוֺ Genesis 49:15 +,
שִׁכְמָה (for
שִׁכְמָהּ Ges
§ 91 e) [
H7929 Job 31:22], etc.; —
1. shoulder (sometimes including back of neck; כתף = shoulder-blade):
a. as bearing burdens,
לִסְבֹּל וַיֵּט שׁ׳ Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; Issachar under figure of ass), compare
Genesis 21:14 (E),
Genesis 24:15,
Genesis 24:45;
Exodus 12:34, also
Genesis 9:23 (all J),
Joshua 4:5 (E),
Judges 9:48;
Isaiah 10:27 (||
צַוָּאר),
Isaiah 14:25 (both figurative),
Psalm 81:7 [
Psalm 81:6], so, metaphorical, of responsibility of rule
Isaiah 9:5 [
Isaiah 9:6];
Isaiah 22:22= (symbolized by key), of accusation as (easy) burden
Job 31:36; figurative also
אֶחָד לְעָבְדוֺ שׁ׳ Zephaniah 3:9 to serve him (with)
one shoulder (as one man), of. Syriac
.
b. in statement of Saul's height,
מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה גָּכֹהַּ מִכָּלהָֿעָם 1 Samuel 9:2, compare
1 Samuel 10:23 and (with play on proper name, of a location
שְׁכֶם)
אַהַד עַלאַֿחֶיךָ נָתַתִּי לְךָ שׁ׳ Genesis 48:22 (E; compare Dr).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
9:23; 9:23; 21:14; 24:15; 24:45; 33:19; 48:22; 48:22; 49:15; 49:15
Exodus
12:34
Joshua
4:5
Judges
9:48
1 Samuel
9:2; 10:9; 10:23
Job
31:36
Psalms
18:40; 21:12; 21:12; 81:6
Isaiah
9:4; 9:6; 10:27; 14:25; 22:22
Hosea
6:9
Zephaniah
3:9; 3:9
