Dictionary![]() ![]() She•chemPronunciation: (shē'kum, -kem, shek'um, -em), [key] —n. a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; now in Israeli-occupied Jordan: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel. Modern name, Nablus. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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