הַשְׁכָּמָה f. (שכם, Hif.) 1) early rising, early morning hour. Sabb. 86ᵃ בה׳ עלה he went up early in the morning. Sifra K’dosh. ch. III, Par. 2 צא בה׳ start early.—Sabb. 127ᵃ הַשְׁכָּמַת בה"מ coming in good time to college; a. fr.—Trnsf. eagerness. Y. Shek. I, 45ᵈ bot., v. הַשְׁחָתָה. —2) going to labor in the morning. Y. B. Mets. VII, beg. 11ᵇ שתהא השלמה (corr. acc.), v. הַעֲרָבָה.