שקמה

Hebrew

שקמה

Alternative forms

• שִׁיקְמָה‎ (šiqmā́)

Noun

שִׁקְמָה • (šiqmā́) f (plural indefinite שְׁקָמִים‎, singular construct שִׁקְמַת־‎, plural construct שִׁקְמֵי־‎) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. sycamore fig, a tree of the species Ficus sycomorus
   • Amos 7:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיַּ֤עַן עָמוֹס֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֔ה לֹא־נָבִ֣יא אָנֹ֔כִי וְלֹ֥א בֶן־נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי כִּי־בוֹקֵ֥ר אָנֹ֖כִי וּבוֹלֵ֥ס שִׁקְמִֽים׃‎‎

     Vay-yá'an Amós vay-yómer el Amatsyáh, lo naví anókhi v-lo ven naví anókhi ki boqér anókhi u-volés shiq'mím.

     Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: ‘I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Batra 5:6:

     ‏שְׁחַמְתִּית וְנִמְצֵאת לְבָנָה, לְבָנָה וְנִמְצֵאת שְׁחַמְתִּית, עֵצִים שֶׁל זַיִת וְנִמְצְאוּ שֶׁל שִׁקְמָה, שֶׁל שִׁקְמָה וְנִמְצְאוּ שֶׁל זַיִת, יַיִן וְנִמְצָא חֹמֶץ, חֹמֶץ וְנִמְצָא יַיִן, שְׁנֵיהֶם יְכוֹלִין לַחֲזֹר בָּהֶן:‎‎

     Sheḥamtít v-nimtsét levaná, levaná v-nimtsét Sheḥamtít, etzím shel záyit v-nimts'ú shel shiqmá, shel shiqmá v-nimts'ú shel záyit, yáyin v-nimtzá ḥómetz, ḥómetz v-nimtzá yáyin, shneihém yekholín laḥazór bahén.

     (If one was sold) red wheat and found white wheat, white wheat and found red wheat, wood of an olive tree and found that of a sycamore tree, that of a sycamore tree and found that of an olive tree, wine and found vinegar, vinegar and found wine, either one can recall the sale.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 29b:

     ‏הַלּוֹקֵחַ אִילָן מֵחֲבֵרוֹ לָקוּץ מַגְבִּיהוֹ מִן הַקַּרְקַע טֶפַח וְקוֹצֵץ בְּסַדָּן הַשִּׁקְמָה שְׁנֵי טְפָחִים בִּבְתוּלַת הַשִּׁקְמָה שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים‎

     Ha-loqéaḥ ilán me-ḥavero laqúts, magbihó min ha-qarqá' ṭefaḥ v-qotsets. B'sadán ha-shiqmá, shnei ṭ'faḥim. Bi-vtulát ha-shiqmá, shlosha ṭ'faḥim.

     One who purchases a tree from a fellow to cut it down must raise his ax a handbreadth and chop there. In the case of a sycamore trunk, two handbreaths. In the case of an untrimmed sycamore, three handbreaths.

Descendants

• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: שׁיקמא‎, שׁקמא‎, שׁוקמא‎

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שִׁקְמָא‎ (šiqmā)

  Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܫܘܩܡܐ‎

  Classical Syriac: ܫܷܩܡܳܐ‎ (šeqmā)

  Nabataean: 𐢝𐢚𐢓𐢀‎ (šVqmā)

  • → Arabic: سَوْقَم‎ (sawqam), سَقُوم‎ (saqūm)

Further reading

• שקמה‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• משקה‎