Shechem

American  

[shee-kuhm, -kem, shek-uhm, -em] / ˈʃi kəm, -kɛm, ˈʃɛk əm, -ɛm /

noun

1. a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Shechem British  

/ -ɛm, ˈʃɛkəm /

noun

1. the ancient name of Nablus

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Example Sentences

He knew, he added, “that to give life to Jerusalem, we must station soldiers and armor on the Shechem mountains.”

From The New Yorker

If “return” applied to Jerusalem—and “Shechem,” the Biblical name for the Arab city of Nablus—then why not to the whole of “Judea and Samaria”? Before 1967, political borders, however provisional, subtended cultural ones: sovereignty derived from international recognition and the consent of the governed.

From The New Yorker

In the first century, the emperor Vespasian supposedly built a city near Shechem that he called Neapolis.

From Time

But to many Jews, Nablus, which has a population of more than 120,000, is the site of the ancient city of Shechem and part of their biblical birthright.

From New York Times

Like, in Genesis, when Simeon and Levi convinced the men of Shechem to circumcise themselves and then came back a few days later and slaughtered all of them while their penises were still healing.

From Slate