BDB3742
יָרֵךְ noun feminine Num 5:27 thigh, loin, side, base (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַרְכָּא ; Zinjirli ירך loin; Assyrian arku, arkâtu , back, rear, hereafter DlHWB 242; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2305] hip) — absolute יָרֵךְ Judg 15:8 + 6 t.; construct יֶ֫רֶךְ Gen 24:9 + 11 t. + 2Sam 3:27 (see below); suffix יְרֵכִי Gen 24:2; Gen 47:29 יְרֵכֵךְ Num 5:21 יְרֵכוֺ Gen 32:26 + 6 t.; יְרֵכָהּ Exod 25:31+ 3 t.; dual יְרֵכַיִם Exod 28:42 suffix יְרֵכַיִךְ Song 7:2 —
1.
thigh,
a. outside of thigh, where sword was worn, שִׂים חֶרֶב
עַליְֿרֵכוֺ
Exod 32:27
(
E
); וַיַחְגֹּר אֹתָהּ עַליֶֿרֶךְ
יְמִינוֺ
Judg 3:16
and he girded it upon his right thigh, Judg 3:21; Ps 45:4; Song 3:8
כַּף הַיָּרֵךְ
Gen 32:33
hollow of the thigh, Gen 32:26 (twice in verse); Gen 32:33 (all
J
); חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ
Song 7:2
the roundings of thy thighs; מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַדיְֿרֵכַיִם
Exod 28:42
(
P
); || בֶּטֶן
Num 5:21; Num 5:22; Num 5:27 (
P
); צֹלֵעַ עַליְֿרֵכוֺ
Gen 32:32 (
J
), limping upon his thigh; סָפַק עַליָֿרֵח
Jer 31:19
and (with אֶלֿ) Ezek 21:17, smite upon, thigh, in token of
consternation; וַיַּךְ אוֺתָם שׁוֺק עַלֿ
יָרֵךְ
Judg 15:8
and he smote them, hip upon thigh, a great slaughter.
b.
thigh = loins, as seat of procreative power (RSK. 34; Semitic i, 360 (380)) יֹצְאֵי ירך
those proceeding from the loins of any one Gen 46:26; Exod 1:5 (both
P
), Judg
8:30 hence שִׂים יַד תַּחַת
ירך
place the hand under thigh, in taking oath Gen 24:2; Gen 24:9 (
J
),
Gen 47:29.
2.
side (flank) of altar 2Kgs 16:14; Lev 1:11 (
P
); of tabernacle Exod 40:22; Exod 40:24; Num 3:29; Num 3:35 (all
P
); also יֶרֶךְ הַשַּׁעַר (for
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׳
תּוֺךְ הַשּׁ)
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We
Dr
Bu
Kit.
3.
base (loins) of candlestick Exod 25:31; Exod 37:17; Num 8:4 (all
P
).