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motnayim מׇתְנַ֫יִם ‘loin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be slender

motnayim n, m
1) loins, hips
 1a) used with H02223 in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Mentioned in Genesis 37:34 Exodus 12:11, 28:42 Deuteronomy 33:11 2 Samuel 20:8 1 Kings 12:10, 2:5, 20:31, 20:32, 18:46 2 Kings 1:8, 9:1, 4:29 Isaiah 11:5, 21:3, 20:2, 45:1 Jeremiah 13:1, 13:2, 13:4, 13:11, 1:17, 48:37 Ezekiel 21:11, 23:15, 9:2, 9:3, 9:11, 47:4, 1:27, 8:2, 29:7, 44:18 Amos 8:10 Nahum 2:2, 2:11 Psalms 66:11, 69:24 Proverbs 30:31, 31:17 Job 40:16, 12:18 Daniel 10:5 Nehemiah 4:12 2 Chronicles 10:10

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