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חָלָץ

«חָלָץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: loins — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 2504 · BDB: חָלָץ

Glosses

loins (8); his.loins (1); its.loins (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

loins tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

loins tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.] only dual, loins (as seat of strength, vigour; cf. Aramaic חַרְצָא hip, loin, Syriac ܚܰܨܳܐ, NöZMG 1886, 741)—חֲלָצָ֑יִם Is 32:11; sf. חֲלָצֶיךָ Gn 35:11 + 4 times; חֲלָצָיו Is 5:27 + 2 times; + חלצו Kt Jb 31:20, Qr חֲלָצָיו;—loins: as seat of virility יצא מן ח׳ Gn 35:11 (P), 1 K 8:19 2 Ch 6:9. as girded אֱזָר־נָא כְּגֶבֶר ח׳ Jb 38:3; 40:7; אֵזוֹר חֲלָצָיו Is 5:27 (v. אֵזוֹר), וַחֲג֫וֹרָה עַל חֲלָצָ֑יִם 32:11, cf. Jb 31:20 where the clothed loins are conceived as blessing charitable giver; metaph. Is 11:5 faithfulness waistcloth of his loins (‖ מתניו). as seat of pains, like a woman’s in travail, Je 30:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָלָץ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 40:7

אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: gird.up please like a.man loins your I will.ask.you and make known.to.me

JPS 1917: Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.

Isaiah 32:11

חִרְדוּ֙ שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת רְגָ֖זָה בֹּֽטְח֑וֹת פְּשֹׁ֣טָֽה וְעֹ֔רָה וַחֲג֖וֹרָה עַל־חֲלָצָֽיִם׃

Word for word: tremble O.carefree.[women] be.agitated O.confident.[women] strip.off and lay.yourself.bare and gird on loins

JPS 1917: Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye confident ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins,

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