H2504

חָלָץ

cha.latsH:N-F

loin

1) loins 1a) as seat of virility 1b) as girded 1c) as seat of pain (woman's travail)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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.

[חֲרַךְ] verb singe (ᵑ7 Syriac; Late Hebrew חָרַח); —

Hithpa`el Perfect 3 masculine singular הִתְחָרַח Dan 3:27 (of hair).

[חֲרַץ] noun [masculine] loin (see Biblical Hebrew חָלָץ, √ II. [חָלַץ]); — suffix חַרְצֵהּ Dan 5:6 the joints of his loin (see קְטַר).

9 occurrences

Genesis (1), I Kings (1), II Chronicles (1), Job (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1)