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Hebrew verb · H7925

שָׁכַם

shakamshaw-kam'

to rise

65 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâkam

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7925is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 37
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7925

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning

The King James renders it: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shakam is rendered "to rise". It stands 65 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Eleven of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:2and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-seven different ways.

The first use

and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 19:2וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he rose early22
  • and they rose early16
  • rising early15
  • rise early5
  • and you will rise early3
  • and rising early1
  • let us rise early1
  • they rose early1
  • you will rise early1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁכַבshakabto lie down: lay downUses212
שָׁכַןshakanto dwellUses129
שָׁכַחshakachto forgetUses102
שָׁכֹלshakolbe bereavedUses23
שָׁכֵןshakenneighboringUses20
שָׁכַרshakarbe drunkUses19
שָׁכַךְshakakto subsideUses5
שָׁכֵחַshakeachforgetfulUses2
שָׁכָהshakahto lustUses1

All 65, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

37 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם9
  • הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם7
  • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ6
  • הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם3
  • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ3
  • הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם2
  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ם2
  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣ם2
  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֤ם2
  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙2
  • אַשְׁכֵּ֥ים1
  • הַשְׁכֵּ֑ים1

and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vhw3ms20Hc/Vhw3ms
  • Hc/Vhw3mp16Hc/Vhw3mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute12HVhaa
  • Hc/Vhq2mp3Hc/Vhq2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhv2ms
  • Hc/Vhq3ms2Hc/Vhq3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HVhrmpc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular2HVhrmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1HC/Vhaa
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HVhc1cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhi1cs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhi2ms

Genesis

eight uses
  • and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

    Genesis 19:2

    • וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖םvehishkamtemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will rise early
  • Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    Genesis 19:27

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.

    Genesis 20:8

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

    Genesis 21:14

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

    Genesis 22:3

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

    Genesis 26:31

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

    Genesis 28:18

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

    Genesis 31:55

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early

Exodus

five uses
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

    Exodus 8:20

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֤םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: rise early
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

    Exodus 9:13

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: rise early
  • And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

    Exodus 24:4

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.

    Exodus 32:6

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֙ימוּ֙vaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

    Exodus 34:4

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early

Numbers

one use
  • Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”

    Numbers 14:40

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early

Joshua

six uses
  • Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

    Joshua 3:1

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֩vaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.

    Joshua 6:12

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

    Joshua 6:15

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֙מוּ֙vaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

    Joshua 7:16

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֤םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.

    Joshua 8:10

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֤םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

    Joshua 8:14

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early

Judges

eight uses
  • When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.

    Judges 6:28

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֜ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

    Judges 6:38

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙vaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

    Judges 7:1

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”

    Judges 9:33

    • תַּשְׁכִּ֖יםtashkimverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rise early
  • On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”

    Judges 19:5

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

    Judges 19:8

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

    Judges 19:9

    • וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֤םvehishkamtemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will rise early
  • The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

    Judges 21:4

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early

1 Samuel

ten uses
  • The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

    1 Samuel 1:19

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

    1 Samuel 5:3

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֤מוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

    1 Samuel 5:4

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

    1 Samuel 9:26

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֗מוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

    1 Samuel 15:12

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

    1 Samuel 17:16

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

    1 Samuel 17:20

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”

    1 Samuel 29:10

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: rise early
    • וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֣םvehishkamtemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will rise early
  • So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

    1 Samuel 29:11

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early

2 Samuel

one use
  • He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

    2 Samuel 15:2

    • וְהִשְׁכִּים֙vehishkimHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he rose early

2 Kings

three uses
  • When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

    2 Kings 3:22

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

    2 Kings 6:15

    • וַ֠יַּשְׁכֵּםvaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

    2 Kings 19:35

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”

    2 Chronicles 20:20

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early
  • Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 29:20

    • וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙vaiyashkemHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rose early
  • Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

    2 Chronicles 36:15

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early

Job

one use
  • And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

    Job 1:5

    • וְהִשְׁכִּ֣יםvehishkimHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he rose early

Psalms

one use
  • In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

    Psalms 127:2

    • מַשְׁכִּ֪ימֵיmashkimeiverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rise early

Proverbs

one use
  • If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

    Proverbs 27:14

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֑יםhashkeimverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

    Song of Solomon 7:12

    • נַשְׁכִּ֙ימָה֙nashkimahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us rise early

Isaiah

two uses
  • Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

    Isaiah 5:11

    • מַשְׁכִּימֵ֥יmashkimeiverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rise early
  • Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

    Isaiah 37:36

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvaiyashkimuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rose early

Jeremiah

eleven uses
  • And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

    Jeremiah 7:13

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֤םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

    Jeremiah 7:25

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֥םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’

    Jeremiah 11:7

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֥םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

    Jeremiah 25:3

    • אַשְׁכֵּ֥יםʾashkeimverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: rising early
  • And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.

    Jeremiah 25:4

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֥םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,

    Jeremiah 26:5

    • וְהַשְׁכֵּ֥םvehashkemconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and rising early
  • I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 29:19

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

    Jeremiah 32:33

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!

    Jeremiah 35:14

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

    Jeremiah 35:15

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣יםhashkeimverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early
  • Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

    Jeremiah 44:4

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֥יםhashkeimverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: rising early

Hosea

two uses
  • What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

    Hosea 6:4

    • מַשְׁכִּ֥יםmashkimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: rising early
  • Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

    Hosea 13:3

    • מַשְׁכִּ֣יםmashkimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: rising early

Zephaniah

one use
  • I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

    Zephaniah 3:7

    • הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּhishkimuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they rose early

The letters

Gematria 360· 920 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

Revised 2026-09-05. Every cited work, the sources registry →