יַרְכָה

flank, side, du. extreme parts, recesses;—sf. יַרְכָֿתוֹ Gn 49:13; du. יַרְכָתַיִם Ex 26:27; 36:32 + Ez 46:19 Qr (Kt ירכתם); יַרְכָתָ֑יִם Ex 26:23; 36:28; cstr. יַרְכְּתֵי Ju 19:1 + 20 times + 1 K 6:16 Qr (Kt ירכותי);— side, i.e. further side of Zebulun, poet. for more distant border of the his territory Gn 49:13. elsewhere always du. the two thighs, i.e. fig. angle, recess, extreme parts: as recesses of Mt. Ephr. Ju 19:1, 18; of Lebanon 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24; of recesses or innermost part of a cave 1 S 24:4; a house Am 6:10 ψ 128:3; the pit (בּוֹר) Is 14:15 (‖ שְׁאוֹל), Ez 32:23; a ship Jon 1:5; יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן remote parts of the north Is 14:13 Ez 38:6, 15; 39:2 ψ 48:3 (but here Lag proposes יר׳ רצון); יַרְכְּתֵי אָ֑רֶץ remote parts of earth Je 6:22; 25:32; 31:8; 50:41; of a long building, extreme or hinder part, so of tabernacle Ex 26:22, 23, 27; 36:27, 28, 32 (all P); of temple 1 K 6:16; of Ezek.’s temple Ez 46:19.