מֹתֶן
Engelsk loins, place of wearing girdle
I GT 5 gange i den hebraiske tekst (BHSA)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מָתְנַ֫יִם noun masculine dual loins (Arabic back, the two sides of the back, etc.; Syriac ; — absolute ׳מ 5 Mos 33,11 + 7 t., מָתְנָ֑יִם Ezk 29,7; Ezk 47,4 construct מָתְנֵי Jer 13,11 + 3t.; suffix מָתְנַי Es 21,3, מָתְנָ֑י Jer 13,2 מָתְנֵיהֶם 1 Kings + Jer 20,32 + 4 t., etc.; — loins:
1. a. place of wearing girdle 1 Kong 2,5; 2 Kong 1,8; Jer 13,1; Jer 13,2; Jer 13,4; Jer 13,11; Ezk 23,15 figurative Es 11,5 righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins.
\ \ b. hence place of things attached to girdle: — sword girded on (חגר על, אסר 2 Sam 20,8; Neh 4,12 opposed to, וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ Es 45,1 and the loins of kings I will loosen, i e. will disarm them (׳י before Cyrus; compare Che); ink-horn Ezk 9,2; Ezk 9,3; Ezk 9,11.
\ \ c. girding up loins = make ready for action, וַיְשַׁנֵּס מָתְנָיו 1 Kong 18,46 more often ׳חָגַר מ 2 Kong 4,29; 2 Kong 9,1; 2 Mos 12,11 (P), Dan 10,5 ׳אָזַר מ Jer 1,17.
\ \ d. ׳זַרְזִיר מ Ord 30,31 that which is girt in the loins, i.e. probably either a greyhound Ew Bö De (contracted, as if by a belt), or a war-horse, charger, Bo Ges Hi Str Wild (with a saddle); compare also זרזיר, p. 267 above; text perhaps corrupt (Wild).
\ \ e. girded with sackcloth (in mourning) 1 Mos 37,34 (J), Amos 8,10; Es 20,2; 1 Kong 20,31; 1 Kong 20,32; Jer 48,37. feminine linen breeches of priests were to extend מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַד יְרֵכַיִם 2 Mos 28,42 (P); to be ׳עַלמָֿת Ezk 44,18 loins of slaves are girt with waistcloth, compare Job 12,18 (see also אֵזוֺר).
\ \ g. in general of the middle of the body, ׳מֵי מָת Ezk 47,4 (i.e. water reaching to the loins); so of the appearance of ׳י in Ezekiel's visions Ezk 1,27 (twice in verse); Ezk 8,2 (twice in verse).
\ \ b. hence place of things attached to girdle: — sword girded on (חגר על, אסר 2 Sam 20,8; Neh 4,12 opposed to, וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ Es 45,1 and the loins of kings I will loosen, i e. will disarm them (׳י before Cyrus; compare Che); ink-horn Ezk 9,2; Ezk 9,3; Ezk 9,11.
\ \ c. girding up loins = make ready for action, וַיְשַׁנֵּס מָתְנָיו 1 Kong 18,46 more often ׳חָגַר מ 2 Kong 4,29; 2 Kong 9,1; 2 Mos 12,11 (P), Dan 10,5 ׳אָזַר מ Jer 1,17.
\ \ d. ׳זַרְזִיר מ Ord 30,31 that which is girt in the loins, i.e. probably either a greyhound Ew Bö De (contracted, as if by a belt), or a war-horse, charger, Bo Ges Hi Str Wild (with a saddle); compare also זרזיר, p. 267 above; text perhaps corrupt (Wild).
\ \ e. girded with sackcloth (in mourning) 1 Mos 37,34 (J), Amos 8,10; Es 20,2; 1 Kong 20,31; 1 Kong 20,32; Jer 48,37. feminine linen breeches of priests were to extend מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַד יְרֵכַיִם 2 Mos 28,42 (P); to be ׳עַלמָֿת Ezk 44,18 loins of slaves are girt with waistcloth, compare Job 12,18 (see also אֵזוֺר).
\ \ g. in general of the middle of the body, ׳מֵי מָת Ezk 47,4 (i.e. water reaching to the loins); so of the appearance of ׳י in Ezekiel's visions Ezk 1,27 (twice in verse); Ezk 8,2 (twice in verse).
2. a. loins as seat of strength, 5 Mos 33,11; 1 Kong 12,10 = 2 Kron 10,10 חַזֵּק מָתְנַיִם Nah 2,2 (|| אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ); כֹּחוֺ בְּמָתְנָיו Job 40,16 (of hippopotamus); in combination with 1 a (figurative) חָֽגְרָה ׳בְּעוֺז מ Ord 31,17 she girdeth her loins with strength, she puts on energy with her girdle; compare also ׳בְּשִׁבְרוֺן מ Ezk 21,11 sigh with breaking of loins, i.e. in entire collapse of strength; so תָּמִיד ׳הַמְעַ֑ד וּמ Sl 69,24 and make their loins continually to shake, make them totter; compare Ezk 29,7 (where read וְהִמְעַדְתָּ for וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ, see מָעַד).
\ \ b. as seat of keenest pain, due to grief or dread Nah 2,11; Es 21,3 (as in travail); so probably also Sl 66,11 (compare Bae; and see מוּעָקָה below עוק).
\ \ b. as seat of keenest pain, due to grief or dread Nah 2,11; Es 21,3 (as in travail); so probably also Sl 66,11 (compare Bae; and see מוּעָקָה below עוק).
Forekomster pr. bog
Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.