1. sycamore tree (Ficus sycomorus) — Noun feminine שִׁקְמָה (shiqmah), collective/plural שִׁקְמִים: the sycamore-fig tree (Ficus sycomorus), a large, shade-giving tree common in the lowlands of ancient Israel, valued for its timber and fruit though inferior to the cedar. Used as a marker of abundance and commonness: cedars replaced sycamores in Solomon's prosperity (1 Kgs 10:27; 2 Chr 1:15, 9:27), sycamores destroyed by frost as divine judgment on Egypt (Ps 78:47), sycamores cut down but arrogantly replaced with cedars in Israel's hubris (Isa 9:10), and Amos's occupation as a sycamore-dresser (Amos 7:14). Also mentioned as part of David's estate overseen by Baal-Hanan (1 Chr 27:28). Arabic جُمَّيْز (jummayz, the standard Arabic word for sycamore-fig), Korean 뽕나무/떡나무/돌무화과나무 (various Korean tree names showing translators' difficulty finding an exact equivalent), Spanish sicomoro, Hindi गूलर (gular, the Indian fig species used as equivalent). All five auto-clusters represent the same botanical referent, split only by prepositional and conjunctive prefixes. 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"]
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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]).