Lexical Definition

‎שׁוֹק‎ shôwq (shoke) leg ^H:N-F
from ‎שׁוּק‎

hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.

• the (lower) leg (as a runner)

1) leg, thigh
1a) of man; specifically the lower leg (calf) as opposed to the thigh
1b) of sacrificial animal; specifically the thigh, upper leg, hind leg, as the portion eaten

See Greek: βραχίων · σκέλος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: shaq (‎ש‎ָׁ‎ק‎ "leg" שָׁק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שׁוֺק‎₁₉ noun [feminine]^{Lev 7:33} compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 76 f.}, so Arabic, see Lane W^{AG. § 290} (δ)] leg; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute 1Sam 9:24 +, construct Exod 29:27 +; dual ‎שֹׁקַיִם‎ Deut 28:35; Prov 26:7, construct ‎שׁוֺקֵי‎ Ps 147:10, suffix ‎שׁוֺקָיו‎ Song 5:15 — leg:

1. of man, specifically lower leg, calf, distinguished from thigh, in ‎עֵליָֿרֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיַּךְ אוֺתָם שׁ‎ Judg 15:8 he smote them, leg upon thigh, i.e. utterly (compare GFM), Deut 28:35 (|| ‎בִּרְכַּיִם‎), Prov 26:7; Ps 147:10; Song 5:15 of woman (city personified) Isa 47:2.

2. of sacrificial animal, specifically upper leg, thigh, hind leg, portion eaten 1Sam 9:24 (compare Klein^{ZPV vi (1883), 98, cited} also by Nes^{Marg. 13}), ‎הַיָּמִין‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ right thigh Exod 29:32 + 6 t. P (see ‎יָמִין‎), ‎הַתְּדוּמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Lev 7:34 + 4 t. P, thigh of contribution (see ‎׳‎‎ת‎ p. 929). — ᵐ5 βραχίων, ᵑ9 armus, hence AV and others shoulder, but see Di Baen Dr^{Deut 18:3}.

‎שׁוק‎ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew I. ‎שׁוק‎, ‎שׁוֺק‎).

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