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I. שְׁכֶם noun masculine Zeph 3:9 shoulder; — absolute ׳ שׁ Gen 48:2 +, שְׁכֶ֑ם Gen 33:19 +, שֶׁ֑כֶם Ps 21:13 (whence original *šakm inferred Ol§ 147 a near the end Sta§ 199 a; but ֶ֯ derived from ִ֯ before כ, BaNB 104 Kö ii.l.67, 506); construct שְׁכֶם Gen 9:23 suffix שִׁכְמוֺ Gen 49:15 +, שִׁכְמָה (for שִׁכְמָהּ Ges«GKC:91e»§ 91e) Job 31:22, etc.; —
1.
shoulder (sometimes including back of neck; כתף = shoulder-blade
):
a. as bearing burdens, לִסְבֹּל
׳
וַיֵּט שׁ
Gen 49:15
(poem in
J
; Issachar under figure of ass), compare Gen 21:14 (
E
), Gen
24:15;
Gen 24:45; Exod 12:34, also Gen 9:23 (all
J
), Josh 4:5
(
E
), Judg 9:48
; Isa
10:27 (|| צַוָּאר), Isa 14:25 (both figurative), Ps 81:7, so, metaphorical, of responsibility of
rule Isa 9:5; Isa 22:22=
(symbolized by key), of accusation as (easy) burden Job 31:36 figurative also אֶחָד
׳
לְעָבְדוֺ שׁ
Zeph 3:9
to serve him (with) one shoulder (as one man), of. Syriac
[untranscribed source text 5534].
b. in statement of Saul's height, מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה
גָּכֹהַּ
מִכָּלהָֿעָם
1Sam 9:2, compare
1Sam 10:23
and (with play on proper name, of a location שְׁכֶם) אַהַד עַלאַֿחֶיךָ
׳
נָתַתִּי לְךָ שׁ
Gen 48:22 (
E
; compare Dr).
2. in general back:
כְּהַפְנֹתוֺ שִׁכְמוֺ לָלֶכֶת מֵעִם
1Sam 10:9 so
׳
תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ שׁ
Ps 21:13, i.e.
make them turn (in flight; compare וְאוֺיְבַי נָתַתָּה לִי עֹרֶף, Ps 18:41); as beaten ׳
מַטֵּה שׁ
Isa 9:3 (||
שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּנֵשׂ בּוֺ); more anatomical תִפּוֺל
׳
כְּתֵפִי מִשּׁ
Job 31:22
let my shoulder blade fall from its back. — Hos 6:9 see II.
שְׁכֶם
below
שִׁכְמָה see foregoing.