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HebrewH3409Noun (Feminine)

יָרֵךְ

ya.rekh

26Occurrences
H3409Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side

from an unused root meaning to be soft;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. thigh, side, loin, base 1a) thigh 1a1) outside of thigh (where sword was worn) 1a2) loins (as the seat of procreative power) 1b) side (flank) (of object) 1c) base

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

יָרֵךְ appears 26 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
7
Numbers
6
Genesis
4
Judges
4
2 Kings
1
Ezk
1
Jeremiah
1
Leviticus
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 16:14BSB

He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

Exodus 37:17BSB

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Genesis 24:9BSB

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Judges 3:21BSB

And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

Numbers 3:35BSB

The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.