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יְרֶךְ יִרְכָּא‏ n.f. thigh or buttocks

thigh or buttocks BA^Dan, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. Dan2:32 : מְעוֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵהּ דִּי נְחָשׁ‏ its loins and thighs were of bronze. 4Q534.1.3 : ושומן זועירן על ירכתה‏ with small moles on his thighs. TgO Gen32:26 : וְזָע פְתֵי יִרכָא דיעקב בְאִשתַדָלוּתֵיה עִמֵיה‏ the wide part of Jacob's buttocks dislocated from wrestling with him. TN Gen32:32 : הווה מטלע על ירכיה‏ he was limping on his thigh. FTV Gen24:2 : ירך קימיי‏ the thigh of my oath. TgSong3:8 : כגבר דחרבא חגירא על ירכיה‏ like a fighter with sword girded on his thigh.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 245b; DJBA: 543a; Jastrow: 597; Levy Ch-W: 1:345; Tal Sam: 361a; Cook,Qumran: 106;

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Derivatives:

yrkwn, yrkwnˀ n.m. buttocks