שְׁכֶם

Genesis 9:23 שְׁכֶ֣ם [the] shoulder of

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 21:14 שִׁכְמָ֛הּ shoulder her

Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

Here: 'Her shoulder', the upper back where loads were carried. It shares its consonants (sh-k-m) with the verse's first word, 'rose early'. The verse opens and turns on the same sounds.

Genesis 24:15 שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃ shoulder her

Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Here: 'Her shoulder', the upper back and shoulder where heavy loads were carried. The picture is of a young woman carrying an empty jar out to fill it, ready to work.

Genesis 24:45 שִׁכְמָ֔הּ shoulder her

And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

Genesis 48:22 שְׁכֶ֥ם a shoulder

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Genesis 49:15 שִׁכְמוֹ֙ shoulder his

He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Exodus 12:34 שִׁכְמָֽם׃ shoulder their

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

Joshua 4:5 שִׁכְמ֔וֹ shoulder his

and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,

Judges 9:48 שִׁכְמ֑וֹ shoulder his

he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

1 Samuel 9:2 מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ from shoulder his

And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

1 Samuel 10:9 שִׁכְמוֹ֙ shoulder his

As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

1 Samuel 10:23 מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ from shoulder his

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

Job 31:36 שִׁ֭כְמִי shoulder my

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

Psalm 21:12 שֶׁ֑כֶם a shoulder

For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

Here: The shoulder and upper back, the part of the body you see when someone turns away. 'Setting them as a shoulder' is a battle idiom: the enemy army turns around and runs, so all you see are their backs.

Psalm 81:6 שִׁכְמ֑וֹ shoulder his

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Here: 'His shoulder', the place where a load or yoke rests. 'His' refers back to Joseph in verse 5, the whole people spoken of as one man.

Isaiah 9:4 שִׁכְמ֔וֹ shoulder its

For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

Here: 'Its shoulder': the upper back where loads are carried. Isaiah uses the same word in 10:27 and 14:25 for the place Assyria's burden will be lifted from, and again in 9:6, where government rests on the shoulder of the coming king.

Isaiah 9:6 שִׁכְמ֑וֹ shoulder his

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Here: It is singular, 'his shoulder'. The exact same word appeared two verses earlier for the oppressor's rod on the people's shoulder (v. 4, Hebrew 9:3). The burden of oppression is replaced by the burden of rightful rule, which the king carries.

Isaiah 10:27 שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָ shoulder your

On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.

Here: The upper back and shoulder where loads were carried. 'Your' is singular masculine, speaking to the people of Zion as one person (v. 24: 'my people who dwell in Zion').

Isaiah 14:25 שִׁכְמ֖וֹ shoulder its

I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

Here: "His shoulder" (singular): the oppressed people pictured as one bearer with a load on the back of the neck. English versions usually write "their shoulders."

Isaiah 22:22 שִׁכְמ֑וֹ shoulder his

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

Here: "His shoulder." The place where loads are carried. It suggests both the visible bearing of the office (the key perhaps worn or carried there) and the weight of the responsibility. Compare Isaiah 9:6 (9:5 in Hebrew), 'the government will be upon his shoulder.'

Zephaniah 3:9 שְׁכֶ֥ם a shoulder

For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Here: The shoulder that bears a load or a yoke. It pictures people carrying a burden or pulling a yoke together.