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# יָרֵךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3409

**thigh** — used 34 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: thigh (9); the side (6); a thigh (4).

## In the verses

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

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;

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3409.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3409/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).