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H7926שְׁכֶםshe.khem

shoulderPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 6
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 3
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 5
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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21 occurrences in 21 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 9:23

    And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

    שְׁכֶ֣ם she.Khem “[the] shoulder of”

  2. Genesis 21:14

    And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

    שִׁכְמָ֛הּ (שִׁכְמָ֛) shikh.Ma “shoulder”

  3. Genesis 24:15

    And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

    שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃ (שִׁכְמָֽ) shikh.Ma “shoulder”

  4. Genesis 24:45

    And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray thee.

    שִׁכְמָ֔הּ (שִׁכְמָ֔) shikh.Ma “shoulder”

  5. Genesis 48:22

    Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.'

    שְׁכֶ֥ם she.Khem “a shoulder”

  6. Genesis 49:15

    For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work

    שִׁכְמוֹ֙ (שִׁכְמ) shikh.M “shoulder”

  7. Exodus 12:34

    And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

    שִׁכְמָֽם׃ (שִׁכְמָֽ) shikh.Ma “shoulder”

  8. Joshua 4:5

    and Joshua said unto them: 'Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

    שִׁכְמ֔וֹ (שִׁכְמ֔) shikh.M “shoulder”

  9. Judges 9:48

    And Abimelech got him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder; and he said unto the people that were with him: '

    שִׁכְמ֑וֹ (שִׁכְמ֑) shikh.M “shoulder”

  10. 1 Samuel 9:2

    And he had a son, whose name was Saul, young and goodly, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

    מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ (שִּׁכְמ֣) shikh.M “shoulder”

  11. 1 Samuel 10:9

    And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

    שִׁכְמוֹ֙ (שִׁכְמ) shikh.M “shoulder”

  12. 1 Samuel 10:23

    And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

    מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ (שִּׁכְמ֖) shikh.M “shoulder”

  13. Job 31:36

    Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.

    שִׁ֭כְמִי (שִׁ֭כְמִ) Shikh.m “shoulder”

  14. Psalms 21:13

    For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.

    שֶׁ֑כֶם She.khem “a shoulder”

  15. Psalms 81:7

    'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

    שִׁכְמ֑וֹ (שִׁכְמ֑) shikh.M “shoulder”

  16. Isaiah 9:3

    For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

    שִׁכְמ֔וֹ (שִׁכְמ֔) shikh.M “shoulder”

  17. Isaiah 9:5

    For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us; and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;

    שִׁכְמ֑וֹ (שִׁכְמ֑) shikh.M “shoulder”

  18. Isaiah 10:27

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

    שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָ (שִׁכְמֶ֔) shikh.Me. “shoulder”

  19. Isaiah 14:25

    That I will break Asshur in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

    שִׁכְמ֖וֹ (שִׁכְמ֖) shikh.M “shoulder”

  20. Isaiah 22:22

    And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

    שִׁכְמ֑וֹ (שִׁכְמ֑) shikh.M “shoulder”

  21. Zephaniah 3:9

    For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent.

    שְׁכֶ֥ם she.Khem “a shoulder”