sꜣkꜣmꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From Northwest Semitic. Compare Hebrew שְׁכֶם (šəḵem).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɑkɑmɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: sakama

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Shechem, Sichem (an ancient Canaanite city in Samaria, near modern Nablus, Palestine)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sꜣkꜣmꜣ  

skmm	skmmj	skmjm	skmjmj

References

• Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “Shechem”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, pages 173–174