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2875) mqs (סהקמ ShQM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?: (eng: sycamore)

N^f) mqs (סהקמ ShQM) - Sycamore: The tree or fruit. KJV (7): sycamore - Strongs: H8256 (שִׁקְמָה)

 [שִׁקְמָה] noun feminine sycomore tree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא ,, Löw ^No.332; hence Greek συκάηινος mulberry Lewy ^Fremdw.23); — plural absolute שִׁקְמִים Amos 7:14 +; suffix שִׁקְמוֺתָם Psalm 78:47; — sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (Tristr ^NHB397ff. Post ^{Flora of Syria 730}; Hast. DB under the word) a common tree Isaiah 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1 Kings 10:27= 2 Chronicles 1:15= 2 Chronicles 9:27,1Chronicles 27:28; as property Psalm 78:47 ("" גֶּפֶן); בּוֺלֵס שִׁקְמִים Amos 7:14 a tender of sycomores (see [בַָלס]).

שִׁקְמָה (sing. found sometimes in Mishnah), plur. שִׁקְמִים 1 Kings 10:27; Isaiah 9:9; Amos 7:14 and שִׁקְמוֹת f. Psalms 78:47, sycamore, Gr. σύκομορος, συκάμινος, a very frequent tree in the lower districts of Palestine, resembling the mulberry tree in its leaves and appearance, with fruit like that of the fig, but more difficult of digestion (Dioscorid. i. 182, compare the etymology); these grow from the wood itself of the branches, and they are cultivated only by persons of the lowest condition (see בָּלַס ). See Cels. Hierob. i. p. 310. Warnekros, Natural Hist. of the Sycomore, in Repert. f. Morgenl. Litt. fasc. 11, 12.

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