צַוָּאר noun masculine[Ps 75:6] neck, back of neck; — absolute ׳צ [Isa 8:8] +, construct צַוַּאר [Jer 28:10] + 3 t. 28; suffix צַוָּארִי [Lam 1:14], צַוָּרָם [Neh 3:5], etc.; plural construct צַוְּארֵי [Judg 8:21] +; suffix צַוָּארָיו [Gen 27:16] +, צַוְּארֵיכֶם [Jer 27:12], צַוְּארֹתַיכֶם [Mic 2:3] —
\ \ l. neck, especially back of neck, of man, wearing chain as ornament [Gen 41:42] (E), so of woman [Song 1:10], compare [Judg 5:30] (read perhaps צַוָּארַי for רֵ֑י), elsewhere in Genesis usually plural intensive, of individual, ׳נָפַל עַלצֿ [Judg 45:14] (E), [Judg 46:29]; [Judg 33:4] (Qr; Kt singular), so ׳בָּכָה עַלצֿ [Judg 45:14]; [Judg 46:29] (all J); חֶלְקַת צַוַּארָיו [Judg 27:16] smooth part of neck (J); neck of beautiful woman [Song 4:4]; [Song 7:5] neck as pressed by foot of conqueror [Josh 10:24] (twice in verse) (JE); place of yoke [Gen 27:40] (singular; J), [Deut 28:48]; [Isa 10:27]; [Jer 27:2]; [Jer 27:8]; [Jer 27:11]; [Jer 27:12]; [Jer 28:10]; [Jer 28:11]; [Jer 28:12]; [Jer 28:14]; [Jer 30:8] of transgressions as yoke [Lam 1:14] place of bonds [Isa 52:2] of bearing load, [Neh 3:5] (figurative), hence calamity as burden [Mic 2:3] neck as smitten with sword [Ezek 21:34] ׳עַדצֿ as measurement of height (depth; in figure) [Isa 8:8]; [Isa 30:8]; [Hab 3:13] עָתָק ׳בְּצ figurative [Ps 75:6] speak not with arrogant neck (si Vera l.; but read perhaps בַּצּוּר against the Rock, ᵐ5. κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, Bae Hup-Now Che Kau); of wicked, rushing against God [Job 15:26]. — עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ [Lam 5:5] is dubious; Matthes Löhr Bae ׳עֹל עַלוֿגו; Bu ׳עֹל צַוּ, and הֲדָפָנוּ or יֶהְדְּפֵנוּ for ׳נִר.
2. neck of animals, camels (wearing ornaments) [Judg 8:21]; [Judg 8:26] heifer [Hos 10:11] (i. e. place of yoke, in figure of Ephraim); horse [Job 39:19], crocodile [Job 41:14].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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