שָׁכֵן, preced.) settler, neighbor. Keth. 85ᵇ ש׳ ותלמיד חכם וכ׳ if a neighbor (of the deceased) and a scholar (of the same name claim a legacy), the scholar is preferred; B. Mets. 108ᵇ ש׳ ותלמיד וכ׳ if a neighbor and a scholar want to buy a field, the scholar has the preemption. Ab. I, 7 הרחק מש׳ רע keep away from a bad neighbor. Ib. II, 9. Neg. XII, 6 (prov.) אוי לרשע אוי לשְׁכֵנוֹ woe to the wicked, and woe to his neighbor; Num. R. s. 18⁵; a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. II, end, 42ᵃ (mixed dict.) ש׳ חד הוה לנא וכ׳ we had one (gentile) neighbor &c.—Pl. שְׁכֵנִים, שְׁכֵי׳. Keth. l. c. שניהם קרובים ושניהם ש׳ וכ׳ if both claimants are relatives (of the deceased), or both neighbors, or both scholars, it is left to the discretion of the judges (v. שׁוּדָא). B. Mets. l. c. שְׁכֵינֵי העיר ושְׁכֵינֵי שדה וכ׳ if neighbors in the town and neighbors in the field (want to buy a field), the city neighbors have the pre-emption. Sot. I, 4 (address to the suspected adulteress) הרבה ש׳ הרעים וכ׳ bad neighbors do much (may have influenced you). Keth. 72ᵃ שמשיאתו שם רע בשְׁכֵינָיו she is the cause of his bearing a bad name among his neighbors; a. fr.—Fem. שְׁכֵנָה, שְׁכֵי׳. Y. Bets. II, end, 61ᵈ שְׁכֵינָתוֹ היתה it was his neighbor’s wife that did it; ויש … על שכינתו is a man punished for what his neighboress does?; a. e.—Pl. שְׁכֵינוֹת. Keth. l. c. משיאה … בשְׁכֵיניֹתֶיהָ he is the cause of her bearing a bad name among her neighbors; a. e.