BDB2807 [H2504]

[חָלָץ] noun [feminine] only dual, loins (as seat of strength, vigour; compare Aramaic חַרְצָא hip, loin, Syriac , Nö^{ZMG 1886, 741}) — חֲלָצָ֑יִם Isa 32:11 suffix חֲלָצֶיךָ Gen 35:11 + 4 t.; חֲלָצָיו Isa 5:27 + 2 t.; חלצו Kt Job 31:20, Qr חֲלָצָיו; — loins:

1. as seat of virility ׳יצא מן ח Gen 35:11 (P), 1Kgs 8:19; 2Chr 6:9.

2. as girded אֱזָרֿ ׳נָא כְּגֶבֶר ח Job 38:3; Job 40:7 אֵזוֺר חֲלָצָיו Isa 5:27 (see אֵזוֺר), וַחֲג֫וֺרָה עַל חֲלָצָ֑יִם Isa 32:11, compare Job 31:20 where the clothed loins are conceived as blessing charitable giver; metaphor Isa 11:5 faithfulness waist-cloth of his loins (|| מתניו).

3. as seat of pains, like a woman's in travail, Jer 30:6.

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