Thigh יָרֵךְ

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 27, 2025 · 3m

We are in chapter 47 of Genesis with our word for today. יָרֵךְ upper thigh, side, loin, base. It is used 34 times in the Old Testament. Most of the uses of our word refer to the part of the leg between the hip and the knee. Exodus 28:42-43 You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the יְרֵכַ֖יִם thighs; and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place. Genesis 32:24-25, 31-32 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until…