זְרוֺעַ, זְרֹעַ noun feminine[Exod 6:6] and (rare) masculine[Isa 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 [Exod 6:6] +, זְרֹעַ [Deut 7:19] +; construct זְרוֺעַ [Ps 10:15] +, זְרֹעַ [Ps 89:11] +; suffix זְרוֺעִי [Jer 27:5]; [Ps 89:2], זְרֹעִי [Isa 51:5]; [Isa 63:5] זְרוֺעֲךָ [Ps 71:18] +, זְרֹעֲךָ [1Sam 3:31] +, etc.; plural זְרֹעִים [Dan 11:31] construct זְרֹעֵי [Gen 49:24] suffix זְרֹעַי [Isa 51:5], זְרֹעָיו [2Kgs 9:24] elsewhere feminine form, construct זְרוֺעוֺת [Ps 37:17], זְרֹעוֺת [Job 22:9] + 6 t., זְרֹעֹת [Deut 33:27] suffix זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י [Ps 18:35], זְרֹעֹתָ֑י [2Sam 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 [Judg 15:14]; [Judg 16:12]; [2Sam 1:10]; [Isa 9:19]; [Isa 17:5] (probably accusative instrumental), [Deut 33:20]; [Zech 11:17] (twice in verse); [Song 8:6]; (strike out Co); כֹּחוֺ ׳ז [Isa 44:12] (of a smith, forging); חֲשׂוּפָה ׳ז [Ezek 4:7] (of prophet); in figure of ׳י teaching Ephraim to walk [Hos 11:3] זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו [Gen 49:24] arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; וַיַּךְ אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם בֵּין זְרֹעָיו [2Kgs 9:24], i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders.
\ \ b. arm as seat of (human) strength [Ps 18:35] = [2Sam 22:35] לֹאעֹז ׳ז [Job 26:2], ׳כּוֺחַ הַזּ [Dan 11:6] compare v[Dan 11:6] לֹא עֹז ׳ז [Job 26:2] ׳חִוַּקְתִּי ז [Hos 7:15] compare [Ezek 30:24]; [Ezek 30:25] also with שׁבר [Ps 10:15]; [Ps 37:17]; [Jer 48:25] (|| קֶרֶן), [Ezek 30:21]; [Ezek 30:22]; [Ezek 30:24] compare v[Ezek 30:25] רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר ׳ז [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): — נְטוּיָה ׳ז [Deut 4:34]; [Deut 5:15]; [Deut 26:8]; [Ezek 20:33]; [Ezek 20:34]; [Ps 136:12], compare [Deut 7:19]; [Deut 11:2]; [1Kgs 8:42] = [2Chr 6:32] (all || יָד חֲזָקָה), [Deut 9:29]; [2Kgs 17:36] (of creation) [Jer 27:5]; [Jer 32:17] (all || כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל); נְטוּיָה ׳בִּז [Exod 6:6] (P, or D's revision; no ||); חֲזָקָה ׳זְ [Jer 21:5] (|| יָד נְטוּיָה); גְּדֹל זרועך [Exod 15:16] (song), ׳גֹּדֶל ז [Ps 79:11] זְרוֺעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ [Ps 89:22] (|| יָדִי); ׳בִּזְ [Ps 77:16] ׳ז [Ps 44:4] (|| יְמִינְךָ), קָדְשׁוֺ ׳ז [Ps 98:1] (|| יְמִינוֺ), compare [Isa 52:10] עֻוָּךָ ׳ז [Ps 89:11] compare [Isa 62:8] (|| יְמִינוֺ); ׳לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז זְרוֺעַ י [Isa 51:9] ׳לְךָ ז עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה [Ps 89:14] תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ ׳ז [Isa 63:12] as support of weak [Isa 40:11] (figurative of shepherd), compare זְרֹעֹת עוֺלָם [Deut 33:27] נַחַת זְרוֺעוֺ יַרְאֶה [Isa 30:30] (of lightning stroke, || השׁמיע הוֺד קולו of thunder); also אִםוְֿרוֺעַ כָּאֵל לָךְ [Job 40:9].Hence,
2. arm, as symbol of strength:
\ \ a. human [1Sam 2:31] (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 read זַרְעֲךָ and זֶרַע, but see Klo Dr), [Ezek 22:6]; [Ezek 31:17] וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֺעתֶיהָ [Prov 31:17] בָּשָׂר ׳ז [2Chr 32:8] שָׁם בָּשָׂר זְרֹעוֺ [Jer 17:5] (|| יִבְטַח בָּאָדָם); compare [Ps 44:4] (|| חַרְבָּם); אישׁ זרוע [Job 22:8] זְרֹעוֺת יְתֹמִים [Job 22:9] (i.e. strength, resources); הָיוּ זרוע לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט [Ps 83:9] רַבִּים ׳ז [Job 35:9] זְרֹעַ גְּדוֺלָה [Ezek 17:9] (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).
\ \ b. = divine strength [Ps 71:18] (|| גְּבוּרָה), זְרֹעוֺ משְׁלָה לוֺ [Isa 40:10] (|| חָזָק); זְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ [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] v[Dan 11:22] (see Bev).
4. Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest [Num 6:19] (P) [Deut 18:3].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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