יַרְכָה

1. side, i.e. further side of Zebulun, poetic for more distant border of his territory Gen 49:13.

2. elsewhere always dual the two things, i.e. figurative angle, recess, extreme parts: as recesses of Mt. Ephraim Judg 19:1; Judg 19:18 of Lebanon 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24 of recesses or innermost part of a cave 1Sam 24:4 a house Amos 6:10; Ps 128:3 the pit (בּוֺר) Isa 14:15 (|| שְׁאוֺל), Ezek 32:23 a ship Jonah 1:5 יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֺן remote parts of the north Isa 14:13; Ezek 38:6; Ezek 38:15; Ezek 39:2; Ps 48:3 (but here Lag proposes רצון ׳יר); יַרְכְּתֵי אָ֑רֶץ remote parts of earth Jer 6:22; Jer 25:32; Jer 31:8; Jer 50:41 of a long building, extreme or hinder part, so of tabernacle Exod 26:22; Exod 26:23; Exod 26:27; Exod 36:27; Exod 36:28; Exod 36:32 (all P); of temple 1Kgs 6:16 of Ezekiel's temple Ezek 46:19.