Lexicon
שִׁקְמָה
shiq.mah
H8256
H:N-F Hebrew

sycamore

7
Occurrences
6
Books
Hebrew
Language

shiq.mah denotes trees mentioned in agricultural work, abundance comparisons, and accounts of crop damage.

The noun consistently refers to trees: they are managed alongside olives, used as a comparison for abundance, gathered as produce, and damaged by frost. The supplied verses show differing settings rather than distinct lexical uses.

Senses in use

  1. Trees in agricultural and comparative settings · dominant

    The plural noun forms occur among managed trees in 1 Chronicles 27:28, where the APB renders a man as being over “the olives and the sycamores,” and in 1 Kings 10:27 and 2 Chronicles 9:27, where such trees provide a comparison for the abundance of cedars. In Amos 7:14 the plural stands in the speaker’s work as a gatherer, while Psalm 78:47 uses the construct plural for trees struck by frost; the APB rendering of Isaiah 9:9 does not visibly reflect the term’s contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as “sycamores,” and once as “sycamore trees,” in the agricultural, comparative, and damage clauses. In Isaiah 9:9, the supplied APB verse does not visibly render it.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture