שִׁקְמָה

«שִׁקְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: sycomore tree — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 7 times · Key: 8256 · BDB: שִׁקְמָה

Glosses

sycamores (6); of.sycamores (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

sycomore tree tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sycomore tree tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. sycomore tree (NH id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא, ܫܶܩܡܳܐ, LöwNo.332; hence Gk. συκάμινος, mulberry LewyFremdw.23);—pl. abs. שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 +; sf. שִׁקְמוֹתָם ψ 78:47;—sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (TristrNHB 397ff. PostFlora of Syria 730. Hast DB s.v.) a common tree Is 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1 K 10:27 = 2 Ch 1:15 = 9:27;1 Ch 27:28; as property ψ 78:47 (‖ גֶּפֶן); בּוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 a tender of sycomores (v. [בָּלַם]).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שִׁקְמָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Isaiah 9:9

לְבֵנִ֥ים נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית נִבְנֶ֑ה שִׁקְמִ֣ים גֻּדָּ֔עוּ וַאֲרָזִ֖ים נַחֲלִֽיף׃

Word for word: bricks they.have.fallen and hewn.[stone] we.will.rebuild sycamores they.have.been.cut.down and cedars we.will.substitute

JPS 1917: 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'

Psalms 78:47

יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃

Word for word: he.killed with (the) hail vine[s] their and sycamores their with a.flood

JPS 1917: He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.

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