זְרוֹעַ

n.f. Ex 6:6 and (rare) m. Is 51:5, cf. infr. arm, shoulder, strength (NH id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna102, 1. 12, etc.) zurû, cf. Jastrow JBL, xi, 1892, 123; Arabic ذِرَاعٌ; Aramaic דְּרָעָא, ܕܪܳܥܳܐ; Ethiopic መዝራዕት )—abs. זְרוֹעַ Ex 6:6 +, זְרֹעַ Dt 7:19 +; cstr. זְרוֹעַ ψ 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ ψ 89:11 +; sf. זְרוֹעִי Je 27:5 ψ 89:2, זְרֹעִי Is 51:5; 63:5; זְרוֹעֲךָ ψ 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ 1 S 2:31 +, etc.; pl. זְרֹעִים Dn 11:31; cstr. זְרֹעֵי Gn 49:24; sf. זְרֹעַי Is 51:5, זְרֹעָיו 2 K 9:24; elsewhere fem. form, cstr. זְרוֹעוֹת ψ 37:17, זְרֹעוֹת Jb 22:9 + 6 times, זְרֹעֹת Dt 33:27; sf. זְרוֹעֹתָ֑י ψ 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י 2 S 22:35, etc. (In abs. and cstr. sg. more often plene, in pl. and c. sf. more often defect. In one instance where ז׳ is masculine it means a political or military force Dn 11:31).— arm, lit., of a man Ju 15:14; 16:12 2 S 1:10 Is 9:19; 17:5 (prob. acc. instr.), Dt 33:20 Zc 11:17(×2) Ct 8:6 Dn 10:6; Ez 13:20 (del. Co); ז׳ כֹּחוֹ Is 44:12 (of a smith, forging); ז׳ חֲשׂוּפָה Ez 4:7 (of prophet); in fig. of י׳ teaching Ephr. to walk Ho 11:3; זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו Gn 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; וַיַּךְ אֶת־יְהוֹרָם בֵּין זְרֹעָיו 2 K 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders. arm as seat of (human) strength ψ 18:35 = 2 S 22:35; ז׳ לֹא עֹז Jb 26:2, כּוֹחַ הַזּ׳ Dn 11:6 cf. v 6; ז׳ לֹא עֹז Jb 26:2; חִזַּקְתִּי ז׳ Ho 7:15 cf. Ez 30:24, 25; also c. שׁבר ψ 10:15; 37:17 Je 48:25 (‖ קֶרֶן), Ez 30:21, 22, 24 cf. v 25; ז׳ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר Jb 38:15.—On Mal 2:3 cf. VB. Especially Yahweh’s arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Dt Je Is 2 ψ):—ז׳ נְטוּיָה Dt 4:34; 5:15; 26:8 Ez 20:33, 34 ψ 136:12, cf. Dt 7:19; 11:2 1 K 8:42 = 2 Ch 6:32 Je 32:21 (‖ יָד חֲזָקָה), Dt 9:29 2 K 17:36; (of creation) Je 27:5; 32:17 (all ‖ כֹּחַ גָּדוֹל); בִּז׳ נְטוּיָה Ex 6:6 (P, or D’s revision; no ‖); זְ׳ חֲזָקָה Je 21:5 (‖ יָד נְטוּיָה); גְּדֹל זרועך Ex 15:16 (song), גֹּדֶל ז׳ ψ 79:11; זְרוֹעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ ψ 89:22 (‖ יָדִי); בִּזְ׳ ψ 77:16; ז׳ ψ 44:4 (‖ יְמִינְךָ), ז׳ קָדְשׁוֹ ψ 98:1 (‖ יְמִינוֹ), cf. Is 52:10; ז׳ עֻזָּךָ ψ 89:11 cf. Is 62:8 (‖ יְמִינוֹ); לִבְשִׁי־עֹז זְרוֹעַ י׳ Is 51:9; לְךָ ז׳ עִם־גְּבוּרָ֑ה ψ 89:14; ז׳ תִּפְאַרְתּוֹ Is 63:12; as support of weak Is 40:11 (fig. shepherd), cf. זְרֹעֹת עוֹלָם Dt 33:27; נַחַת זְרוֹעוֹ יַרְאֶה Is 30:30 (of lightning stroke, ‖ השׁמיע הוד קולו of thunder); also אִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל לָךְ Jb 40:9. Hence, arm, as symbol of strength: human 1 S 2:31(×2) (𝔊 read זַרְעֲךָ and זֶרַע, but v. Klo Dr), Ez 22:6; 31:17; וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֹעֹתֶיהָ Pr 31:17; ז׳ בָּשָׂר 2 Ch 32:8; שָׂם בָּשָׂר זְרֹעוֹ Je 17:5 (‖ יִבְטַח בָּאָרָם); cf. ψ 44:4 (‖ חַרְבָּם); אישׁ זרוע Jb 22:8; זְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים Jb 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); הָיוּ זרוע לִבְנֵי־לוֹט ψ 83:9; ז׳ רַבִּים Jb 35:9; זְרֹעַ גְּדוֹלָה Ez 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaph.). = divine strength ψ 71:18 (‖ גְּבוּרָה), זְרֹעוֹ מֹשְׁלָה לוֹ Is 40:10 (‖ חָזָק); זְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ 51:5 [Str thinks masc. to avoid verbal ending נָה, cf. 49:11]; and help Is 33:2 (‖ יְשׁוּעָה) cf. 59:16; 63:5; see also 53:1. Pl. forces, political and military, c. יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Dn 11:15, 31; v 22 (see Bev). Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Nu 6:19 (P) Dt 18:3.