Shechem (שֶׁכֶם) means shoulder blade in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
shoulder blade
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shechem.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1הכתף והחלק העליון של הגב המקום בו דרך האדם לשאת משאות כבדים. קבלת מטלות
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית...
- 2שם פרטי לזכר
וְאַשְׂרִיאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הָאַשְׂרִאֵלִי. וְשֶׁכֶם מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁכְמִי
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shechem is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֶׁכֶם
- Written without vowel points
- שם
- Said
- shechem
- Root
- ש־כ־מ
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- שְׁכָמוֹת
- Inflections
- שִׁכְמוֹ, ר' שְׁכָמוֹת
- Gematria
- 340
This is how Shechem is said in other languages.
- English
- shoulder blade
These words rhyme with Shechem.
The word Shechem is part of these phrases and sayings.
- הפנה שכם
- היטה שכם
- טפח על השכם
- מטה שכם
- משכמו ומעלה
- עצם השכם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shechem comes from the root ש־כ־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Shechem in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shechem.
What does Shechem (שֶׁכֶם) mean in Hebrew?
Shechem (שֶׁכֶם) means shoulder blade. It is said shechem, with the stress on she.
What rhymes with Shechem (שֶׁכֶם)?
Words that rhyme with Shechem (שֶׁכֶם) include לחם and רחם.
Is Shechem (שֶׁכֶם) masculine or feminine?
The word Shechem (שֶׁכֶם) is a feminine noun, and its plural is שְׁכָמוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שכם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.