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title: יָרֵךְ — thigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָרֵךְ (3409), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: thigh. BDB 1906: n.f. thigh, loin, side, base. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָרֵךְ

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«יָרֵךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thigh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 3409 · **BDB:** יָרֵךְ

### Glosses

thigh (9); the.side (6); a.thigh (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3409/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thigh, loin, side, base [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3409/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Nu 5:27 thigh, loin, side, base (NH id.; Aramaic יַרְכָּא; Zinj. ירך loin; Assyrian arku, arkâtu, back, rear, hereafter DlHWB 242; Arabic وَرِكٌ hip)—abs. יָרֵךְ Ju 15:8 + 6 times; cstr. יֶ֫רֶךְ Gn 24:9 + 11 times + 2 S 3:27 (v. infr.); sf. יְרֵכִי Gn 24:2; 47:29; יְרֵכֵךְ Nu 5:21; יְרֵכוֹ Gn 32:26 + 6 times; יְרֵכָהּ Ex 25:31 + 3 times; du. יְרֵכַיִם Ex 28:42; sf. יְרֵכַיִךְ Ct 7:2;— thigh, outside of thigh, where sword was worn, שִׂים חֶרֶב עַל־יְרֵכוֹ Ex 32:27 (E); וַיַּחְגֹּר אֹתָהּ עַל־יֶרֶךְ יְמִינוֹ 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 5:21, 22, 27 (P); צֹלֵעַ עַל־יְרֵכוֹ 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; וַיַּךְ אוֹתָם שׁוֹק עַל־ יָרֵךְ Ju 15:8 and he smote them, hip upon thigh, a great slaughter. thigh = loins, as seat of procreative power (RSK 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 שִׂים יַד תַּחַת ירך place the hand under thigh, in taking oath Gn 24:2, 9 (J), 47:29. side (flank) of altar 2 K 16:14 Lv 1:11 (P); of tabernacle Ex 40:22, 24 Nu 3:29, 35 (all P); also יֶרֶךְ הַשַּׁעַר (for MT תּוֹךְ הַשּׁ׳) 𝔊 Th We Dr Bu Kit. base (loins) of candlestick Ex 25:31; 37:17 Nu 8:4 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָרֵךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3409/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 3:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.29/)

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מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת בְּנֵי־קְהָ֖ת יַחֲנ֑וּ עַ֛ל יֶ֥רֶךְ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן תֵּימָֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* the.clans of.the.descendants of.Kohath they.will.encamp at the.side of the.tabernacle southward

*JPS 1917:* The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward;

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[Psalms 45:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.4/)

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חֲגֽוֹר־חַרְבְּךָ֣ עַל־יָרֵ֣ךְ גִּבּ֑וֹר ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ וַהֲדָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* gird sword your on a.thigh O.mighty.\[one\] splendor your and majesty your

*JPS 1917:* Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.

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