thigh
ya.rekh denotes a person's thigh and also names a component of the lampstand.
The word most often identifies a person's thigh in actions involving touch, weapons, injury, food, or persons said to come out from someone; it also names a component of the lampstand. In several construct spatial clauses, its specific contribution is not separable from the translation’s broader north- and south-location wording.
Senses in use
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A person's thigh in bodily contexts · dominant
Construct and absolute forms occur where a hand is placed under Abraham's thigh in Genesis 24:2, a sword is worn on Ehud's right thigh in Judges 3:16, and a woman's thigh is said to fall in Numbers 5:27. The APB also renders a struck thigh in Jeremiah 31:19, a piece of thigh and shoulder in Ezekiel 24:4, and persons who came out of Jacob's thigh in Exodus 1:5.
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A named lampstand component · occasional
In the lampstand descriptions, the construct form is joined with its branch, cups, capitals, and flowers in Exodus 25:31 and Exodus 37:17. Numbers 8:4 describes the object from its thigh to its flower; the APB presents this as part of the lampstand's beaten-gold construction.
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In construct spatial phrases · common
The singular construct form occurs in clauses locating objects, sacrifice, or camps with north and south wording: Exodus 40:22, Exodus 40:24, Leviticus 1:11, Numbers 3:29, and Numbers 3:35. The APB renders these clauses with expressions such as "north side" and "south side," but its whole-verse translation does not isolate this noun's specific contribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB frequently presents the noun with "thigh," including bodily actions and the lampstand's listed features. In north- and south-location clauses it renders the larger phrase with spatial wording, so the translation does not consistently show an isolated English equivalent for the noun.