Strong's Lexicon

H3411

H3411 — יְרֵכָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyrekahnoun femOccurrences: 30TWOT: 916b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3411
Word:יְרֵכָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H3409
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:30
Transliteration:yrekah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yer-ay-kaw'
Meaning:1. (properly) the flank 2. (figuratively) the rear or recess, i.e. "ends of the earth"
KJV Renderings:border, coast, part, quarter, side.

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BDB3743

[יַרְכָה, or יְרֵכָה Ol§ 167. g] flank, side, dual extreme parts, recesses; — suffix יַרְכָֿתוֺ Gen 49:13 dual יַרְכָתַיִם Exod 26:27; Exod 36:32 + Ezek 46:19 Qr ( Kt ירכתם); יַרְכָתָ֑יִם Exod 26:23; Exod 36:28 construct יַרְכְּתֵי Judg 19:1 + 20 t. + 1Kgs 6:16 Qr ( Kt ירכותי); —

1. side, i.e. further side of Zebulun, poetic for more distant border of his territory Gen 49:13.
2. elsewhere always dual the two things, i.e. figurative angle, recess, extreme parts: as recesses of Mt. Ephraim Judg 19:1; Judg 19:18 of Lebanon 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24 of recesses or innermost part of a cave 1Sam 24:4 a house Amos 6:10; Ps 128:3 the pit (בּוֺר) Isa 14:15 (|| שְׁאוֺל), Ezek 32:23 a ship Jonah 1:5 יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֺן remote parts of the north Isa 14:13; Ezek 38:6; Ezek 38:15; Ezek 39:2; Ps 48:3 (but here Lag proposes רצון ׳ יר); יַרְכְּתֵי אָ֑רֶץ remote parts of earth Jer 6:22; Jer 25:32; Jer 31:8; Jer 50:41 of a long building, extreme or hinder part, so of tabernacle Exod 26:22; Exod 26:23; Exod 26:27; Exod 36:27; Exod 36:28; Exod 36:32 (all P ); of temple 1Kgs 6:16 of Ezekiel's temple Ezek 46:19.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ירכה (yar-chah’)

Genesis 49:18

KJV: I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
EHCC: and Ais border (shall be) unto Zidon.

Exodus 26:22

KJV: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
EHCC: And for the sides of the tabernacle

Exodus 36:27

KJV: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
EHCC: sides oJ tabernacle westward

Judges 19:1

KJV: And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine
EHCC: -sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim,

Judges 184:94

EHCC: 3(4).his men remained in the sides of the

1 Kings 6:16

KJV: And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
EHCC: on the sides of the house,

2 Kings 19:23

KJV: By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.By: Heb. By the hand oftall…: Heb. tallness, etcof his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field
EHCC: to the sides of Lebanon,

Psalms 48:2

KJV: Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
EHCC: (8). (on) the sides of the north,

Psalms 128:3

KJV: Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
EHCC: by the sides of thine house:

Isaiah 14:13

KJV: For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
EHCC: in the sides of the north:

Isaiah 37:24

KJV: By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.By thy…: Heb. By the hand of thy servantsthe tall…: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereofthe forest…: or, the forest and his fruitful field
EHCC: to the sides of Lebanon ;

Jeremiah 6:22

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
EHCC: nation shall be raised from the sides of

Jeremiah 25:80

EHCC: fom the coasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 31:8

KJV: Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
EHCC: gather them from the consts of the earth,

Jeremiah 50:41

KJV: Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
EHCC: raised up from the coasta of e earth.

Jeremiah 89:2

EHCC: cause thee to come up from the north parts,

Jeremiah 46:19

KJV: O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.furnish…: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity
EHCC: (was) a place on the two sides Westward

Amos 6:10

KJV: And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.we…: or, they will not, or, have not
EHCC: bim that (is) by the sides of the house,

Jonah 1:5

KJV: Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
EHCC: Jonah was gone down into the sides of the
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