נָשֶׁה

נָשֶׁה noun [masculine] a vein (or nerve) in the thigh (etymology dubious; on formative compare Lag^{BN 50}; Arabic apparently the portion of the principal vein of the leg which is in the thigh, vulgar sciatic vein, or (modern) sciatic nerve and even sciatica, Lane³⁰³³); — only גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה Gen 1 Mos 32,33a the sinew of the thigh-vein (or thigh-nerve, אֲשֶׁר עַלכַּֿף הַיָּרֵךְ), compare v33b. — On sacredness of thigh, compare RS^{Sem i. 360; 2nd ed. 380} We^Heid (2), 168.

נָשִׁים see אִשָּׁה above