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זְרוֺעַ,
זְרֹעַ noun feminineExodus 6:6 and (rare)
masculineIsaiah 51:5, compare below
arm, shoulder, strength (Late Hebrew
id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna
102, 1. 12, etc.)
zurû, compare Jastr
JBL xi, 1892, 123; Arabic
ذِرَاعً; Aramaic
דְּרָעָא,
axixRD; Ethiopic
መዝራዕት፡) — absolute
זְרוֺעַ Exodus 6:6 +,
זְרֹעַ Deuteronomy 7:19 +; construct
זְרוֺעַ Psalm 10:15 +,
זְרֹעַ Psalm 89:11 +; suffix
זְרוֺעִי Jeremiah 27:5;
Psalm 89:2,
זְרֹעִי Isaiah 51:5;
Isaiah 63:5;
זְרוֺעֲךָ Psalm 71:18 +,
זְרֹעֲךָ 1 Samuel 3:31 +, etc.; plural
זְרֹעִים Daniel 11:31; construct
זְרֹעֵי Genesis 49:24; suffix
זְרֹעַי Isaiah 51:5,
זְרֹעָיו 2 Kings 9:24; elsewhere feminine form, construct
זְרוֺעוֺת Psalm 37:17,
זְרֹעוֺת Job 22:9 +
6 times,
זְרֹעֹת Deuteronomy 33:27; suffix
זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י Psalm 18:35,
זְרֹעֹתָ֑י 2 Samuel 22:35, etc. (In absolute and construct singular more often
plene, in plural and with suffix more often
defect. In three instances where
ז׳ is masculine it means a political or military
force Daniel 11:15,
22,
31). —
1. arm,
c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa
2, Psalms): —
נְטוּיָה ז׳ Deuteronomy 4:34;
Deuteronomy 5:15;
Deuteronomy 26:8;
Ezekiel 20:33,
34;
Psalm 136:12, compare
Deuteronomy 7:19;
Deuteronomy 11:2;
1 Kings 8:42 2 Chronicles 6:32 (all ||
יָד חֲזָקָה),
Deuteronomy 9:29;
2 Kings 17:36; (of creation)
Jeremiah 27:5;
Jeremiah 32:17 (all ||
כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל);
נְטוּיָה בִּז׳ Exodus 6:6 (P, or D's revision; no ||);
חֲזָקָה זְ׳ Jeremiah 21:5 (||
יָד נְטוּיָה);
גְּדֹל זרועך Exodus 15:16 (song),
גֹּדֶל ז׳ Psalm 79:11;
זְרוֺעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ Psalm 89:22 (||
יָדִי);
בִּזְ׳ Psalm 77:16;
ז׳ Psalm 44:4 (||
יְמִינְךָ),
קָדְשׁוֺ ז׳ Psalm 98:1 (||
יְמִינוֺ), compare
Isaiah 52:10;
עֻוָּךָ ז׳ Psalm 89:11 compare
Isaiah 62:8 (||
יְמִינוֺ);
לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז זְרוֺעַ י׳ Isaiah 51:9;
לְךָ ז׳ עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה Psalm 89:14;
תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ ז׳ Isaiah 63:12; as support of weak
Isaiah 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare
זְרֹעֹת עוֺלָם Deuteronomy 33:27;
נַחַת זְרוֺעוֺ יַרְאֶה Isaiah 30:30 (of lightning stroke, ||
השׁמיע הוֺד קולו of thunder); also
אִםוְֿרוֺעַ כָּאֵל לָךְ Job 40:9.Hence,
2. arm, as symbol of strength:
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