The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.