אַצִּיל
atsil · armpit, joint
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H679 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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atsil (אַצִּיל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “armpit, joint”.
Armpit; also a joint.
How to say it
a·tsil
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The hollow under the arm.
- Where two parts meet.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- armpits ×1
- joint ×1
- wrists ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 38:12
And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put, please, the old rags and the worn-out clothes under your armpits, beneath the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.
- Ezekiel 13:18
and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the women who sew pads on all the wrists of my hands, and make the veils for the head of every stature to hunt souls! The souls of my people you hunt, and souls for yourselves you keep alive!
- Ezekiel 41:8
And I saw that the house had a height all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed, six cubits to the joint.