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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יָרֵךְ

יָרֵךְ

H3409

Transliteration: yârêk

Pronunciation: yaw-rake'

Definition: [idiom] body


Original: ירך

Transliteration: yârêk

Phonetic: yaw-rake'

BDB Definition:

  1. thigh, side, loin, base
    1. thigh
      1. outside of thigh (where sword was worn)
      2. loins (as the seat of procreative power)
    2. side (flank) (of object)
    3. base

Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft

TWOT entry: 916a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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