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title: יַרְכָה — thigh · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יַרְכָה (lemma:יַרְכָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: thigh. BDB 1906: n.f. thigh, or loin. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַרְכָה

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«יַרְכָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **thigh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:יַרְכָה · **BDB:** יַרְכָה

### Glosses

loins (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e8_5b0_5db_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thigh, or loin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e8_5b0_5db_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thigh, or loin (𝔗; v. BH ירך);—pl. sf. יַרְכָתֵהּ Dn 2:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַרְכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e8_5b0_5db_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.32/)

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ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* that the image head its \[was\].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its \[were\].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its \[were\].(diy).of bronze

*JPS 1917:* As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

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