שָׁכַם
shâkam · shaw-kam'
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from H7926 (שְׁכֶם);
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁכַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rose up early9 · 17%
- rose early6 · 11%
- rising early4 · 7%
- and they rose up early3 · 6%
- early3 · 6%
- and when they arose early3 · 6%
- rising up early3 · 6%
- rise up early2 · 4%
- and rose up early2 · 4%
- arose early2 · 4%
- unto you, rising early2 · 4%
- and as the early2 · 4%
- and ye shall rise up early1 · 2%
- gat up early1 · 2%
- and they rose up betimes1 · 2%
- and early1 · 2%
- rose up1 · 2%
- that they rose early1 · 2%
- and it was so: for he rose up early1 · 2%
- that were with him, rose up early1 · 2%
- thou shalt rise early1 · 2%
- when they arose early1 · 2%
- and he arose early1 · 2%
- get you early1 · 2%
- and they rose up1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.