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SHOULDER-BLADE

shol'der-blad (shikhmah):

"Then let my shoulder (kathephi) fall from the shoulder-blade (shikhmah), and mine arm (zeroa` be broken from the bone (qaneh)" (Job 31:22). The Hebrew word is the feminine form of shekhem (see SHOULDER). It is found only in this passage.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHOULDER-BLADE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.  

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