{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7926",
  "lemma": "שְׁכֶם",
  "transliteration": "shᵉkem",
  "definition": "the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill",
  "kjv": "back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7925",
      "lemma": "שָׁכַם",
      "transliteration": "shâkam",
      "meaning": "literally, to load up",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7925"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שְׁכֶם n.m. shoulder",
    "1. neck (sometimes incl. back of neck)",
    "2. in gen. back"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:23",
      "text": "Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:14",
      "text": "Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:15",
      "text": "Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:45",
      "text": "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:22",
      "text": "Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:15",
      "text": "He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 12:34",
      "text": "The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 4:5",
      "text": "Joshua said to them, “Cross before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/4?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 9:48",
      "text": "Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/9?v=48"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 9:2",
      "text": "He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/9?v=2"
    }
  ],
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}