# H7926 שְׁכֶם

שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem), Strong’s H7926: the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill KJV: back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.. Occurs 21 times.

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*shᵉkem* — the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill

KJV: back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.

Derived from [שָׁכַם shâkam](https://besorah.bible/word/H7925) (literally, to load up)

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שְׁכֶם n.m. shoulder
- 1 neck (sometimes incl. back of neck)
- 2 in gen. back

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 9:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=23) — Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of…
- [Genesis 21:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=14) — Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her…
- [Genesis 24:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=15) — Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of…
- [Genesis 24:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=45) — Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to…
- [Genesis 48:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=22) — Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword…
- [Genesis 49:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=15) — He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and…
- [Exodus 12:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=34) — The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their…
- [Joshua 4:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/4?v=5) — 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…
- [Judges 9:48](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/9?v=48) — Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and…
- [1 Samuel 9:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/9?v=2) — He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more…