H3411

יְרֵכָה

yᵉrêkâh · yer-ay-kaw'

properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess

Lexicon

Derivation: feminine of H3409 (יָרֵךְ);

properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess

properly, the flank
but used only figuratively, the rear or recess

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: border, coast, part, quarter, side.

Letters

Yod

Resh

Kaf

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
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the hand that works › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold

The hand that works of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרֵכָה 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

28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

in the sides3 · 11%
to the sides3 · 11%
and for the sides2 · 7%
in the two sides2 · 7%
on the sides2 · 7%
from the coasts2 · 7%
parts2 · 7%
and his border1 · 4%
for the two sides1 · 4%
for the sides1 · 4%
on the side1 · 4%
toward the side1 · 4%
by the sides1 · 4%
from the sides1 · 4%
them from the coasts1 · 4%
quarters1 · 4%
on the two sides1 · 4%
unto him that is by the sides1 · 4%
into the sides1 · 4%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

יַרְכְּתֵ֣י5מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־4בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥י3וּֽלְיַרְכְּתֵ֥י2בַּיַּרְכָתָֽיִם׃2מִיַּרְכְּתֵ֣י2לַיַּרְכָתַ֖יִם2בַּיַּרְכָתַ֖יִם1יַרְכְּתֵ֥י1בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י1וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ1מִֽיַּרְכְּתֵ֤י1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.