Lexicon
שְׁכֶם
she.khem
H7927
N:N--L Hebrew

Shechem

63
Occurrences
9
Books
Hebrew
Language

she.khem is a place named in travel, assembly, settlement, and conflict narratives, and also the name of Hamor's son.

The predominant use names a place where people travel, gather, dwell, establish boundaries, and contend with one another. A smaller group of occurrences identifies an individual, Shechem son of Hamor, in the events involving Dinah and Jacob's family.

Senses in use

  1. A named place or city · dominant

    Tagged as a proper noun, the form identifies a destination or setting: in Genesis 33:18 the APB renders Jacob's arrival at "the city of Shechem," and in Joshua 24:1 it renders Joshua's gathering of Israel there. In 1 Kings 12:1 the APB places both Rehoboam and all Israel at Shechem, while Judges 9:25 locates the actions of its masters and their ambushes in the surrounding conflict.

  2. Shechem, Hamor's son · occasional

    Tagged as a proper noun, the form names the man identified in Genesis 34:2 as "Shechem the son of Hamor." The same individual speaks concerning Dinah in Genesis 34:4, is addressed with his father in Genesis 34:20, and is killed with Hamor in Genesis 34:26.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB normally presents the form as "Shechem." Its clauses distinguish a city or destination, as in Genesis 33:18, from Hamor's son, as in Genesis 34:2; Those distinctions are confirmed by the clauses and proper-noun tagging.

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Across Scripture