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2 Kings 3:22

“And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁכַםshâkam · shaw-kam'
H7925 · Hebrew

Definition: literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from H7926 (שְׁכֶם);
KJV renderings: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vhw3mp
Usage: Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:2 Genesis 19:27 Genesis 20:8 Genesis 21:14 Genesis 22:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁכַם here.

Verse 21 Verse 23

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.