יָרֵךְ

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).