SICHAR, or Shechem, now call’d Naplouse, a City of the Province of Samaria. See SHECHEM. The Hebrews give the Name of Sichar to the City of Shechem, by way of Mockery. Sichar, in Hebrew, signifies Drunkenness; and Isaiah, chap. xxviii. 1. calls the Israelites of Ephraim, Sicchorim, or Drunkards: Vœ coronœ superbiœ, ebriis Ephraim. This was what gave Occasion to the Jews to change the Name of Shechem into Sichar.
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