Brown-Driver-Briggs נָשֶׁה noun [masculine] a vein (or nerve) in the thigh (etymology dubious; on formative compare LagBN 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 Genesis 32:33a the sinew of the thigh-vein (or thigh-nerve, אֲשֶׁר עַלכַּֿף הַיָּרֵךְ), compare v33b. — On sacredness of thigh, compare RSSem i. 360; 2nd ed. 380 WeHeid (2), 168. נָשִׁים see אִשָּׁה above Forms and Transliterations הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃ הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה הנשה הנשה׃ han·nā·šeh hannāšeh hannaShehLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |