יָרֵךְ
yārēk
thigh
Strong's H3409NounHebrewTWOT 916a

יָרֵךְ (yārēk) is a Hebrew noun meaning thigh. It appears 34 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3409).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 916a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 916a)thigh, loin, side, base; generative parts, shank, flank; shaft
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָרֵךְ noun, feminine: thigh, loin, side, base

Strong's H3409 יָרֵךְ: the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV:× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 916: ירך yrk — Root of: יָרֵךְ thigh, loin, side, base; יַרְכָה flank, side, extreme parts, recesses

See it in Scripture

Genesis 24:2Exodus 1:5Leviticus 1:11

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