ירך
TWOT
916
(
√ of foll.; meaning dubious
)
.
•
יָרֵךְ
S
3409
TWOT
916a
GK
3751
n.f.
Nu 5:27
thigh, loin, side, base
(
NH id.;
Aramaic
יַרְכָּא
;
Zinj.
ירך
loin;
Assyrian
arku, arkâtu
,
back, rear, hereafter
Dl
HWB 242; Arabic
وَرِكٌ
(
warikun
)
hip
)
—
abs.
יָרֵךְ
Ju 15:8
+
6 times;
cstr.
יֶ˜רֶךְ
Gn 24:9
+
11 times
+
2 S 3:27
(
v. infr
.);
sf.
יְרֵכִי
Gn 24:
2;
47:49
;
יְרֵכֵךְ
Nu 5:2
1;
יְרֵכֹו
Gn 32:26
+
6 times;
יְרֵכָהּ
Ex 25:31
+
3 times; du.
יְרֵכַיִם
Ex 28:4
2;
sf.
יְרֵכַיִךְ
Ct 7:
2;—
1.
thigh
,
a.
outside of thigh, where sword was worn,
שִׂים חֶרֶב עַל־יְרֵכֹו
Ex 32:27
(
E
);
יְמִינֹו וַיַּחְגֹּר אֹתָהּ עַל־יֶרֶךְ
Ju 3:16
and he girded it upon his right thigh
,
v
21
ψ 45:4
Ct 3:
8;
כַּף הַיָּרֵךְ
Gn 32:33
hollow of the thigh
,
v
26
(×2),
33
(all
J
);
חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ
Ct 7:2
the roundings of thy thighs;
מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַד־יְרֵכַיִם
Ex 28:42
(
P
);
||
בֶּטֶן
Nu 5:2
1,
22
,
27
(
P
);
צֹלֵעַ עַל־יְרֵכֹו
Gn 32:32
(
J
),
limping upon his thigh;
סָפַק עַל־יָרֵךְ
Je 31:19
and (
c.
אֶל־
)
Ez 21:17
,
smite upon thigh
, in token of consternation;
יָרֵךְ וַיַּךְ אֹותָם שֹׁוק עַל־
Ju 15:8
and he smote them, hip upon thigh
, a great slaughter.
b.
thigh
=
loins
, as seat of procreative power (
RS
K 34; Sem i, 360 (380)
)
יֹצְאֵי ירך
those proceeding from the loins of
any one
Gn 46:26 Ex 1:5
(both
P
),
Ju 8:30
; hence
ירך שִׂים יַד תַּחַת
place the hand under thigh
, in taking oath
Gn 24:2
,
9
(
J
),
47:29
.
2.
side
(flank) of altar
2 K 16:14 Lv 1:11
(
P
); of tabernacle
Ex 40:22
,
24 Nu 3:2
9,
35
(all
P
); also
יֶרֶךְ הַשַּׁעַר
(for
MT
תֹּוךְ הַשּׁ׳
)
Ö
Th We Dr Bu Ki
t.
3.
base
(loins) of candlestick
Ex 25:31
;
37:17 Nu 8:4
(all
P
).
GASm George Adam Smith.
Geogr.
geography
f.
feminine,
feminae.
NH
New (Late) Hebrew.
Zinj.
Inscriptions of Zinjirli (N. Syria).
Dl
Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyriches Handwörterbuch;
infr.
infra,
below.
×2 two times. J Jehovist. RS W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia;
Sem W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites. MT Masoretic Text.
Th O. Thenius. We J. Wellhousen.