מׇתְנַ֫יִם

mo.tenNoun (Masculine)H4975

loin

From: from an unused root meaning to be slender;

Short Definition

properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. loins, hips 1a) used with zar.zir (*זַרְזִיר *"greyhound" H2223) in ; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

40 times

Appears 40 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Ezk
9
Jeremiah
6
1 Kings
5
Isaiah
4
2 Kings
3

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 12:10
  • 2 Kings 9:1
  • Ezk 23:15
  • Genesis 37:34
  • Jeremiah 13:4

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