Hebrew word · H7928

שֶׁ֫כֶם

shekhem

Shechem

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.31;

son of: Gilead (H1568H);

brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A)

Also named: shikh.mi (שִׁכְמִי "Shechemite" H7930)

§ Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"

1) son of Gilead and grandson of Manasseh

2) a Manassite, son of Shemida

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:31 וְשֶׁ֕כֶם and Shechem

    the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem,

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 17:2 שֶׁ֔כֶם Shechem

    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

    Here: A Manassite clan (Num 26:31), not the Hivite prince of Gen 34. The clan probably takes its name from, or is tied to, the region of the great city of Shechem in the central hills.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:19 וָשֶׁ֔כֶם and Shechem

    And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

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