Lexical Definition

‎יְרֵכָה‎ yᵉrêkâh (yer-ay-kaw') flank ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎יָרֵךְ‎

border, coast, part, quarter, side.

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

1) flank, side, extreme parts, recesses
1a) side
1b) sides, recesses (dual)

See Greek: ἄκρον · βάθος · ἔσχατος · θεμέλιος · μέρος · παρατείνω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: yar.kah (‎י‎ַ‎ר‎ְ‎כ‎ָ‎א‎ "thigh" יַרְכָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יַרְכָה‎, or ‎יְרֵכָה‎ Ol^{§ 167. g}] flank, side, dual extreme parts, recesses; — suffix ‎יַרְכָֿתוֺ‎ Gen 49:13 dual ‎יַרְכָתַיִם‎ Exod 26:27; Exod 36:32 + Ezek 46:19 Qr (Kt ‎ירכתם‎); ‎יַרְכָתָ֑יִם‎ Exod 26:23; Exod 36:28 construct ‎יַרְכְּתֵי‎ Judg 19:1 + 20 t. + 1Kgs 6:16 Qr (Kt ‎ירכותי‎); —

1. side, i.e. further side of Zebulun, poetic for more distant border of his territory Gen 49:13.

2. elsewhere always dual the two things, i.e. figurative angle, recess, extreme parts: as recesses of Mt. Ephraim Judg 19:1; Judg 19:18 of Lebanon 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24 of recesses or innermost part of a cave 1Sam 24:4* a house Amos 6:10; Ps 128:3 the pit (‎בּוֺר‎) Isa 14:15 (|| ‎שְׁאוֺל‎), Ezek 32:23 a ship Jonah 1:5 ‎יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֺן‎ remote parts of the north Isa 14:13; Ezek 38:6; Ezek 38:15; Ezek 39:2; Ps 48:3* (but here Lag proposes ‎רצון‎ ‎׳‎‎יר‎); ‎יַרְכְּתֵי אָ֑רֶץ‎ remote parts of earth Jer 6:22; Jer 25:32; Jer 31:8; Jer 50:41 of a long building, extreme or hinder part, so of tabernacle Exod 26:22; Exod 26:23; Exod 26:27; Exod 36:27; Exod 36:28; Exod 36:32 (all P); of temple 1Kgs 6:16 of Ezekiel's temple Ezek 46:19.

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