BDB8671 [H7927]
II.
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 v Gen 33:46 v Gen 33:47), Hos 6:9 + 21 t. (׳ עִיר שׁ Gen 33:18); city of refuge Josh 20:7; Josh 21:21; 1Chr 6:52. — WMMAs.u.Eur.394 , compare Egyptian Sa-ka-ma; (compare JenZA x (1895) 356 ); modern Nablûs (from Roman name Neapolis); see BuhlG 200 f. GASmG 332 ff. 345 WilsonsHast. 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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