H8256 H8256
sycamore tree — the sycamore-fig (Ficus sycomorus), a lowland tree valued for timber and fruit
Shiqmah denotes the sycamore-fig tree (Ficus sycomorus), a large, spreading tree that thrived in the warm lowlands of the Shephelah. It was abundant enough to make cedar seem precious by comparison — Solomon made cedar 'as plentiful as sycamores in the lowland' (1 Kgs 10:27). The prophet Amos identified himself as a 'tender of sycamores' (Am 7:14), a task involving piercing the fruit to hasten ripening. When God struck the sycamores with frost alongside the vines (Ps 78:47), it signaled devastating agricultural loss. Spanish 'sicomoros' and French 'sycamores' preserve the botanical identification across translation traditions.
Senses
1. sycamore tree (Ficus sycomorus) — The sycamore-fig tree (Ficus sycomorus), a large lowland tree common in the Shephelah of ancient Israel, valued for both its timber and its fig-like fruit. Solomon's wealth made cedars as common as sycamores (1 Kgs 10:27 = 2 Chr 1:15 = 9:27), and a royal overseer managed the sycamore groves (1 Chr 27:28). Amos described himself as a boles shiqmim, a dresser or piercer of sycamore fruit (Am 7:14). God's destruction of sycamores alongside grapevines in Psalm 78:47 underscores their agricultural importance. Spanish 'sicomoros' and French 'sycamores' uniformly identify this species. 7×
AR["الْجُمَّيْزُ", "جُمَّيْزٍ", "فِي-الـ-سَّاحِلِ", "كَ-الْجُمَّيْزِ", "كَالجُمَّيزِ", "وَ-الجُمَّيْزِ", "وَجُمَّيْزَهُمْ"]·ben["আর-ডুমুর-গাছের", "এবং-তাদের-ডুমুরগাছগুলিকে", "ডুমুর-গাছের-মতো", "ডুমুরগাছ", "ডুমুরের-মতো"]·DE["[והשקמים]", "[כשקמים]", "[שקמים]", "und-ihr-sycamores", "wie-der-sycamores"]·EN["and-the-sycamores", "and-their-sycamores", "as-the-sycamores", "like-the-sycamores", "sycamore-trees", "sycamores"]·FR["Samarie", "[שקמים]", "comme-le-sycamores", "et-sycomore", "sycomore"]·heb["ו-ה-שקמים", "ו-שקמותם", "כ-ה-שקמים", "כַּ-שִּׁקְמִים", "שקמים"]·HI["और-उनके-गूलर-के-पेड़", "और-गूलर", "गूलर-के-पेड़", "गूलर-के।", "गूलरों-जैसे", "जैसे-गूलर"]·ID["Pohon-ara-hutan", "dan-pohon-ara-hutan-mereka", "dan-pohon-pohon-ara", "seperti-pohon-ara", "seperti-pohon-pohon-ara"]·IT["[ושקמותם]", "[שקמים]", "come-il-sycamores", "e-sicomoro", "sicomoro"]·jav["Wit-ara", "ara", "kados-wit-ara", "lan-wit-ara-wit-ara", "saha-sela-ipun"]·KO["같이-그-뽕나무들", "그-뚝나무들-같이", "그들-의-돌무화과나무들-을", "그리고-그-떡나무들", "뚜나무를", "띈나무들처럼", "뽕나무들이"]·PT["Sicômoros", "como-os-sicômoros", "e-os-sicômoros", "e-seus-sicômoros", "sicômoros"]·RU["и-сикоморами", "и-смоковницы-их", "как-сикоморы", "сикомор", "сикоморы"]·ES["Sicómoros", "como-los-sicomorros", "como-los-sicómoros", "como-sicómoros", "higos-silvestres", "y-los-sicómoros", "y-sicomoroos-de-ellos"]·SW["kama-mikuyu", "mikuyu", "na-mikuyu", "na-mitini-yao", "tini-mwitu"]·TR["incir-agaclari", "incir-ağaçları-gibi", "incir-ağaçlarını", "ve-incir-ağaçlarının", "ve-çınar-ağaçlarını", "çınar-ağaçları-gibi", "çınarlar-gibi"]·urd["اور-اُن-کے-گُولروں-کو", "اور-گولروں", "جیسے-گولر", "گولر-کا", "گولر-کی-طرح", "گولر-کے-درخت", "گُولر-جیسے"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שִׁקְמָה] n.f. sycomore tree (NH id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא, ܫܶܩܡܳܐ, LöwNo.332; hence Gk. συκάμινος, mulberry LewyFremdw.23);—pl. abs. שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 +; sf. שִׁקְמוֹתָם ψ 78:47;—sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (TristrNHB 397ff. PostFlora of Syria 730. Hast DB s.v.) a common tree Is 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1 K 10:27 = 2 Ch 1:15 = 9:27;1 Ch 27:28; as property ψ 78:47 (‖ גֶּפֶן); בּוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים Am 7:14 a tender of sycomores (v. [בָּלַם]).