שְׁכֶם I m. (b. h.) 1) shoulder. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Gen. XXI, 14) שכן דרך עבדים … על שִׁכְמָם for such is the manner of slaves, to carry their filled pitchers on their shoulder; a. e. —2) load; trnsf. (cmp. מַשָּׂא, סִבָּלוֹן) portion, share. Gen. R. s. 97, end (ref. to Gen. XLVIII, 22) ש׳ זו הבכורה by sh’khem is meant the share of the first-born; B. Bath. 123ᵃ; a. e. —3) mountain range, v. next w.
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שְׁכֶם I m. (b. h.) 1) shoulder . Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Gen. XXI, 14 ) שכן דרך עבדים … על שִׁכְמָם for such is the manner of slaves, to carry their…
References
- Bereishit Rabbah 53
- Genesis 21:14
- Jastrow, מַשָּׂא 1
- Jastrow, סִבְּלוֹן 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 97:6
- Genesis 48:22
- Bava Batra 123a:9
- Jastrow, שְׁכֶם II 1