שָׁכַם
sha.khamVerbH7925
to rise
From: a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from H7926 (שְׁכֶם);
Short Definition
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Full Lexicon Entry
- to rise or start early 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to rise early, make an early start 1a2) early (as adverb)
Grammar
Part of Speech Verb
Morphology H:V
DescriptionHebrew Verb
Occurrences
61 timesAppears 61 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Jeremiah
11
1 Samuel
9
Judges
8
Genesis
7
Joshua
6
Key Passages
- 1 Samuel 1:19
- 2 Kings 19:35
- Genesis 22:3
- Judges 6:38
- Jeremiah 7:13
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