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[Surname] Re: Shechem (Hebrew, poss. also a placename?)
Obviously originally a place name, meaning "mountain ridge." The vocabulary word means "neck, shoulder."
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The biblical Shechem is equated with the modern Nablus on the West Bank.
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Just to say thanks. nm.
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