Original Language Studio
2 Kings 6:15
“And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- וַ֠ — conjunction
- יַּשְׁכֵּם — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:2Genesis 19:27Genesis 20:8Genesis 21:14Genesis 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.
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.