נָשֶׁה
nashe · hip sinew
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5384 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nashe (נָשֶׁה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hip sinew”.
A word found only in Genesis 32: the sinew or nerve of the hip (the sciatic nerve).
How to say it
na·she
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 sinew at the back of the thigh, by the hip.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 32:32
That is why, to this day, the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon that is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip, on the tendon.
And 1 more times.