tsav.var denotes the bodily neck, especially as the place where yokes, bonds, adornments, or embraces are placed.

The occurrences refer to the bodily neck of people and animals, commonly as the point on which a yoke, bond, ornament, or embrace rests. The same body part also marks the height reached by flooding waters or an overflowing stream.

1. The bodily neck and what is placed upon it · dominant

   The construct forms identify the bodily location involved in concrete actions and objects: in Genesis 33:4 the APB renders Esau as falling “on his neck,” and in Genesis 41:42 it places a gold necklace “on his neck.” In Deuteronomy 28:48 and Jeremiah 28:14, a yoke is put upon the neck; Job 39:19 names the horse's neck, while Isaiah 8:8 uses the term for the level reached by the overflowing waters.

   Genesis 33:4Genesis 41:42Deuteronomy 28:48Jeremiah 28:14Job 39:19Isaiah 8:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “neck” where an embrace, ornament, yoke, or bonds are placed, as in Genesis 45:14, Isaiah 52:2, and Jeremiah 30:8. Its wording is only a contextual presentation of the Hebrew form.