Lexical Definition

‎חָלָץ‎ châlâts (khaw-lawts') loin ^H:N-F
from ‎חָלַץ‎ (in the sense of strength); only in the dual

loins, reins.

• the loins (as the seat of vigor)

1) loins
1a) as seat of virility
1b) as girded
1c) as seat of pain (woman's travail)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: חֲרַץ
[‎חָלָץ‎] noun [feminine] only dual, loins (as seat of strength, vigour; compare Aramaic ‎חַרְצָא‎ hip, loin, Syriac , Nö^{ZMG 1886, 741}) — ‎חֲלָצָ֑יִם‎ Isa 32:11 suffix ‎חֲלָצֶיךָ‎ Gen 35:11 + 4 t.; ‎חֲלָצָיו‎ Isa 5:27 + 2 t.; ‎חלצו‎ Kt Job 31:20, Qr ‎חֲלָצָיו‎; — loins:

1. as seat of virility ‎׳‎‎יצא מן ח‎ Gen 35:11 (P), 1Kgs 8:19; 2Chr 6:9.

2. as girded ‎אֱזָרֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎נָא כְּגֶבֶר ח‎ Job 38:3; Job 40:7 ‎אֵזוֺר חֲלָצָיו‎ Isa 5:27 (see ‎אֵזוֺר‎), ‎וַחֲג֫וֺרָה עַל חֲלָצָ֑יִם‎ Isa 32:11, compare Job 31:20 where the clothed loins are conceived as blessing charitable giver; metaphor Isa 11:5 faithfulness waist-cloth of his loins (|| ‎מתניו‎).

3. as seat of pains, like a woman's in travail, Jer 30:6.

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