BDB8670 [H7926 H7929 H7927]
I.
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 .
\ \ 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 ).
\ \ a. as bearing burdens,
\ \ b. in statement of Saul's height,
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
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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