Yerekhah יַרְכָה

Yerekhah (Hebrew יַרְכָה, Strong's H3411) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “flank”. It occurs 28 times in 28 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Yerekhah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 49:13
  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

Exodus

• Exodus 26:22
  And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
• Exodus 26:23
  And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 26:27
  And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
• Exodus 36:27
  And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
• Exodus 36:28
  And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 36:32
  And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

Judges

• Judges 19:1
  And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
• Judges 19:18
  And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 24:3
  And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 6:16
  And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 19:23
  By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

Psalms

• Psalm 48:2
  Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
• Psalm 128:3
  Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 14:13
  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
• Isaiah 14:15
  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
• Isaiah 37:24
  By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:22
  Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
• Jeremiah 25:32
  Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
• Jeremiah 31:8
  Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
• Jeremiah 50:41
  Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 32:23
  Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
• Ezekiel 38:6
  Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
• Ezekiel 38:15
  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.
• Ezekiel 39:2
  And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
• Ezekiel 46:19
  After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end

Amos

• Amos 6:10
  And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

Jonah

• Jonah 1:5
  Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).