- שִׁכּ׳
- שִׁיכּוּן, שִׁכּ׳m. (שָׁכַן; v. Del. Assyr. Handw. s. v. שכן) establishment, realization, execution; use of the phrase כן עשה. Gen. R. s. 31, end (ref. to Gen. 6:22) זה ש׳ לעשיית התיבח this refers to the carrying out of the command to make the ark; ib. s. 32 (ref. to ib. 7:5 ויעש … ככלוכ׳) זה ש׳ לכינוס בהמה this refers to the execution of the command to bring in the beasts; Yalk. ib. 55; 56 שכיון (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 34 (ref. to Gen. 8:20 a. 9:1) זה ש׳ לזכות הקרבנות (not שיכן בזכות) this is an establishment (standard passage, cmp. בנין אב, s. v. אָב) of the reward of sacrifices.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.