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Genesis 20:8
“Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁכַםshâkam · shaw-kam'
H7925 · Hebrew
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
- יַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:2Genesis 19:27Genesis 21:14Genesis 22:3Genesis 26:31
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.