Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV Usage: X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָרֵךְ (ya.rekh) — thigh. 1) thigh, side, loin, base 1a) thigh 1a1) outside of thigh (where sword was worn) 1a2) loins (as the seat of procreative power) 1b) side (flank) (of object) 1c) base
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · יְרֵכָה
thigh = the upper part of the leg of humans and animals
GEN 32:26 · GEN 32:26 · GEN 32:32 · GEN 32:33 · GEN 32:33 · EXO 28:42 · EXO 32:27 · JDG 3:16 · JDG 3:21 · PSA 45:4 · SNG 3:8 · SNG 7:2 · EZK 24:4
Spatial Referents
base literally: thigh (of an object); hence: = the part of an artifact that touches the ground
Spatial Referents
side = a part of an object that faces one of the four cardinal directions
EXO 40:22 · EXO 40:24 · LEV 1:11 · NUM 3:29 · NUM 3:35 · 2KI 16:14
People
private parts, sexual organs = a euphemism for the sexual organs of both male and female ◄ because their location near the upper thigh
GEN 24:2 · GEN 24:9 · GEN 46:26 · GEN 47:29 · EXO 1:5 · NUM 5:21 · NUM 5:22 · NUM 5:27 · JDG 8:30
Impact | verb qal
Collocation: נכה שֹׁוק עַל־יָרֵךְ
to give (someone) a thorough thrashing meaning unsure; literally: to strike (someone) thigh over thigh; possibly: = action by which humans fight other humans and beat them down effectively
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָרֵךְ n.f. thigh, loin, side, base base