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Genesis 19:2

וַ יֹּאמֶר הִנֶּה נָּא אֲדֹנַי סוּרוּ נָא אֶל בֵּית עַבְדְּכֶם וְ לִינוּ וְ רַחֲצוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם וְ הִשְׁכַּמְתֶּם וַ הְלַכְתֶּם לְ דַרְכְּכֶם וַ יֹּאמְרוּ לֹּא כִּי בָ רְחֹוב נָלִין

And he is saying, `Behold, now, my masters, turn aside, now, toward a house of your slave, and lodge,659 and wash your feet-pair, and you have shouldered-up660 and have walked to your road.` And they are saying, `Nay, but in the Broad-way we are lodging.`


660

Strong’s #7925, שָׁכַם shakam. To load up on the shoulder. The basis of the noun שְׁכֶם shekem, shoulder.