Word

יְרֵכָה

yᵉrêkâh · H3411 · Hebrew · 28 occurrences

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Meanings

rear, far end, innermost part

A reference to the space that is the furthest away from a person or object

Examples
Genesis 49:13 “Zebulun will reside at the seashore; And he shall be a harbor for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon.
Exodus 26:22 “For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
Exodus 26:23 “You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

23 occurrences in 10 groups

צָפוֹןnorth 5
אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 4
בַּיִתhouse, household 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בַּיִתhouse, household 1
הַרmountain 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

צִידוֹןSidon 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

23 occurrences in 5 groups

מִןfrom 13
בin/on/with 13
לto/for 8
אֵלto, toward 3
עַדto, as far as, until 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἔσχατος éschatos · G2078 · last, final, finally: Greek ἔσχατος renders Hebrew יְרֵכָה in spatial contexts where 'extremity/border' overlaps with 'farthest/uttermost parts' (e.g. 'uttermost parts of the earth'), capturing the endpoint/boundary sense but typically with superlative force that Hebrew יְרֵכָה does not inherently carry.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Spatial Referents003002005: The word names a border, side, or outer quarter of a territory, marking the far reaches of a region as a spatial reference point, as in descriptions of the extremities of the land's boundaries.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָרֵךְ yârêk · H3409 · thigh, base · 34×יְרֵכָהyᵉrêkâh · H3411יַרְכָא yarkâʼ · H3410 · thigh · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3411. yerekah [יַרְכָה, or יְרֵכָה Ol§ 167. g] flank, side, dual extreme parts,…

H3411. yerekah
[יַרְכָה, or יְרֵכָה Ol§ 167. g] flank, side, dual extreme parts, recesses; — suffix יַרְכָֿתוֺ Gen 49:13; dual יַרְכָתַיִם Exo 26:27; Exo 36:32 + Eze 46:19 Qr (Kt ירכתם); יַרְכָתָ֑יִם Exo 26:23; Exo 36:28; construct יַרְכְּתֵי Jdg 19:1 Jdg 19:20t. + 1Ki 6:16 Qr (Kt ירכותי); —
1 side, i.e. further side of Zebulun, poetic for more distant border of his territory Gen 49:13.
2 elsewhere always dual the two things, i.e. figurative angle, recess, extreme parts: as recesses of Mt. Ephraim Jdg 19:1, Jdg 19:18; of Lebanon 2Ki 19:23 = Isa 37:24; of recesses or innermost part of a cave 1Sa 24:4; a house Amo 6:10; Psa 128:3; the pit (בּוֺר) Isa 14:15 (|| שְׁאוֺל), Eze 32:23; a ship Jon 1:5; צָפוֺן יַרְכְּתֵי remote parts of the north Isa 14:13; Eze 38:6, Eze 38:15; Eze 39:2; Psa 48:3 (but here Lag proposes ׳יר רצון); אָ֑רֶץ יַרְכְּתֵי remote parts of earth Jer 6:22; Jer 25:32; Jer 31:8; Jer 50:41; of a long building, extreme or hinder part, so of tabernacle Exo 26:22-23, Exo 26:27; Exo 36:27-28, Exo 36:32 (all P); of temple 1Ki 6:16; of Ezekiel's temple Eze 46:19.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Spatial Referents28 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0