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[שִׁקְמָה] noun feminine sycomore tree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא , [untranscribed source text 5715], Löw^No.332; hence Greek συκάηινος mulberry Lewy ^Fremdw.23); — plural absolute שִׁקְמִים Amos 7:14 +; suffix שִׁקְמוֺתָם Ps 78:47 — sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (Tristr^NHB397ff. Post^{Flora of Syria 730}; Hast. DB under the word) a common tree Isa 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1Kgs 10:27=2Chr 1:15=2Chr 9:27,1Chr 27:28 as property Ps 78:47 (|| גֶּפֶן); בּוֺלֵס שִׁקְמִים Amos 7:14 a tender of sycomores (see [בַָלס]).