זְרוֹעַ

H2220. zeroa
זְרֹעַ זְרוֺעַ, noun feminineExo 6:6 and (rare) masculineIsa 51:5, compare below arm, shoulder, strength (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna102, 1. 12, etc.) zurû, compare JastrJBL xi, 1892, 123; Arabic ; Aramaic דְּרָעָא, ; Ethiopic ) — absolute זְרוֺעַ Exo 6:6 +, זְרֹעַ Deu 7:19 +; construct זְרוֺעַ Psa 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ Psa 89:11 +; suffix זְרוֺעִי Jer 27:5; Psa 89:2, זְרֹעִי Isa 51:5; Isa 63:5; זְרוֺעֲךָ Psa 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ 1 Samuel 3:31 +, etc.; plural זְרֹעִים Dan 11:31; construct זְרֹעֵי Gen 49:24; suffix זְרֹעַי Isa 51:5, זְרֹעָיו 2Ki 9:24; elsewhere feminine form, construct זְרוֺעוֺת Psa 37:17, זְרֹעוֺת Job 22:9 Job 22:6t., זְרֹעֹת Deu 33:27; suffix זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י Psa 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י 2Sa 22:35, etc. (In absolute and construct singular more often plene, in plural and with suffix more often defect. In three instances where ׳ז is masculine it means a political or military force Dan 11:15, Dan 11:22, Dan 11:31). —
1 arm,
a. literally, of a man Jdg 15:14; Jdg 16:12; 2Sa 1:10; Isa 9:19; Isa 17:5 (probably accusative instrumental), Deu 33:20; Zec 11:17 (twice in verse); Cant 8:6; Dan 10:6; Ezekiel 13:30 (strike out Co); ׳ז כֹּחוֺ Isa 44:12 (of a smith, forging); ׳ז חֲשׂוּפָה Eze 4:7 (of prophet); in figure of ׳י teaching Ephraim to walk Hos 11:3; יָדָיו זְרֹעֵי Gen 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; זְרֹעָיו בֵּין אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם וַיַּךְ 2Ki 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders.
b. arm as seat of (human) strength Psa 18:35 = 2Sa 22:35; ׳ז לֹאעֹז Job 26:2, הַזּ ׳כּוֺחַ Dan 11:6 compare Dan 11:6; ׳ז עֹז לֹא Job 26:2; ז ׳חִוַּקְתִּי Hos 7:15 compare Eze 30:24-25, also with שׁבר Psa 10:15; Psa 37:17; Jer 48:25 (|| קֶרֶן), Eze 30:21-22, Eze 30:24 compare Eze 30:25; ׳ז תִּשָּׁבֵר רָמָה Job 38:15. — On Mal 2:3 compare VB. Especially
c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa2, Psalms): — ׳ז נְטוּיָה Deu 4:34; Deu 5:15; Deu 26:8; Eze 20:33-34, Psa 136:12, compare Deu 7:19; Deu 11:2; 1Ki 8:42 2Ch 6:32 (all || חֲזָקָה יָד), Deu 9:29; 2Ki 17:36; (of creation) Jer 27:5; Jer 32:17 (all || גָּדוֺל כֹּחַ); ׳בִּז נְטוּיָה Exo 6:6 (P, or D's revision; no ||); ׳זְ חֲזָקָה Jer 21:5 (|| נְטוּיָה יָד); זרועך גְּדֹל Exo 15:16 (song), ז ׳גֹּדֶל Psa 79:11; תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ זְרוֺעִי Psa 89:22 (|| יָדִי); ׳בִּזְ Psa 77:16; ׳ז Psa 44:4 (|| יְמִינְךָ), ׳ז קָדְשׁוֺ Psa 98:1 (|| יְמִינוֺ), compare Isa 52:10; ׳ז עֻוָּךָ Psa 89:11 compare Isa 62:8 (|| יְמִינוֺ); י זְרוֺעַ ׳לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז Isa 51:9; עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה ז ׳לְךָ Psa 89:14; ׳ז תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ Isa 63:12; as support of weak Isa 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare עוֺלָם זְרֹעֹת Deu 33:27; יַרְאֶה זְרוֺעוֺ נַחַת Isa 30:30 (of lightning stroke, || קולו הוֺד השׁמיע of thunder); also לָךְ כָּאֵל אִםוְֿרוֺעַ Job 40:9.Hence,
2 arm, as symbol of strength:
a. human 1Sa 2:31 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 read זַרְעֲךָ and זֶרַע, but see Klo Dr), Eze 22:6; Eze 31:17; זְרוֺעתֶיהָ וַתְּאַמֵּץ Pro 31:17; ׳ז בָּשָׂר2Ch 32:8; זְרֹעוֺ בָּשָׂר שָׁם Jer 17:5 (|| בָּאָדָם יִבְטַח); compare Psa 44:4 (|| חַרְבָּם); זרוע אישׁ Job 22:8; יְתֹמִים זְרֹעוֺת Job 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט זרוע הָיוּ Psa 83:9; ׳ז רַבִּים Job 35:9; גְּדוֺלָה זְרֹעַ Eze 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).
b. = divine strength Psa 71:18 (|| גְּבוּרָה), לוֺ משְׁלָה זְרֹעוֺ Isa 40:10 (|| חָזָק); יִשְׁמֹּ֑טוּ עַמִּים זְרֹעַי Isa 51:5 [Str thinks masculine to avoid verbal ending נָה, compare Isa 49:11]; and help Isa 33:2 (|| יְשׁוּעָה) compare Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5; see also Isa 53:1.
3 Plural forces, political and military, with יִעֲמֹ֑דוּ Dan 11:15, Dan 11:31; Dan 11:22 (see Bev).
4 Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Num 6:19 (P) Deu 18:3.
דרע (√of following; Biblical Hebrew II. זרע, זְרוֺעַ).