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šᵊxem שְׁכֶם ‘Shechem’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as šᵊxem שְׁכֶם ‘shoulder’
Roots: שׁכם

šᵊxem pr n m pers + pr n loc
Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"
n pr m
1) son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival
n pr loc
2) a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria

Mentioned in Genesis 33:19, 34:4, 34:6, 34:11, 34:13, 37:12, 12:6, 35:4, 37:13, 37:14, 34:20, 34:24, 34:8, 33:18, 34:2, 34:26, 34:18 Joshua 24:32, 17:7, 24:1, 20:7, 21:21, 24:25 Judges 9:1, 9:18, 9:28, 8:31, 9:3, 9:6, 9:20, 9:23, 9:24, 9:25, 9:31, 9:34, 9:39, 9:41, 9:47, 9:49, 9:2, 9:26, 9:57, 9:7, 9:46, 21:19 1 Kings 12:25, 12:1 Jeremiah 41:5 Hosea 6:9 Psalms 60:8, 108:8 1 Chronicles 7:28, 6:52 2 Chronicles 10:1

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