יָרֵךְ
yârêk · yaw-rake'
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be soft;
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
- the thigh (from its fleshy softness)
- by euphemistically the generative parts
- figuratively, a shank, flank, side
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers
The hand that works of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרֵךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thigh5 · 15%
- on the side3 · 9%
- under my thigh2 · 6%
- upon his thigh2 · 6%
- his shaft2 · 6%
- under the thigh1 · 3%
- the hollow of his thigh1 · 3%
- of the thigh1 · 3%
- of his loins1 · 3%
- of the loins1 · 3%
- even unto the thighs1 · 3%
- by his side1 · 3%
- upon the side1 · 3%
- it on the side1 · 3%
- thy thigh1 · 3%
- and thy thigh1 · 3%
- and her thigh1 · 3%
- unto the shaft1 · 3%
- of his body1 · 3%
- side1 · 3%
- upon thy thigh1 · 3%
- of thy thighs1 · 3%
- upon my thigh1 · 3%
- therefore upon thy thigh1 · 3%
- the thigh1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.