שְׁכֶם II (b. h.) 1) pr. n. m. Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite. Macc. 11ᵃ, a. e., v. גְּזַר. Sot. 22ᵇ, v. שִׁיכְמִי; a. fr. —2) pr. n. pl. Shechem in Mount Ephraim. Gen. R. s. 97, end (ref. to Gen. XLVIII, 22, v. preced.) זו ש׳ ודאי it means Shechem in reality. Ib. (in a corrupt passage) לפיכך תהא הש׳ בחלקך therefore shall the district of Sh. (or the mountain range, v. preced.) be in thy share. Ib. בש׳ נפרצה וכ׳ in Sh. did unchastity break out, and thou didst fence it in (setting the example of chastity), therefore &c. Num. R. s. 23, v. נִיפּוֹלִין; a. fr.