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זְרֹעַ זְרוֺעַ,‎ noun feminine^{Exodus 6:6} and (rare) masculine^{Isaiah 51:5}, compare below arm, shoulder, strength (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna^{102, 1. 12, etc.}) zurû, compare Jastr^{JBL xi, 1892, 123}; Arabic ; Aramaic דְּרָעָא‎, ; Ethiopic ) — absolute זְרוֺעַ‎ Exodus 6:6 +, זְרֹעַ‎ Deuteronomy 7:19 +; construct זְרוֺעַ‎ Psalm 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ‎ 89:11 +; suffix זְרוֺעִי‎ Jeremiah 27:5; Psalm 89:2, זְרֹעִי‎ Isaiah 51:5; 63:5; זְרוֺעֲךָ‎ Psalm 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ‎ 1 Samuel 3:31 +, etc.; plural זְרֹעִים‎ Daniel 11:31; construct זְרֹעֵי‎ Genesis 49:24; suffix זְרֹעַי‎ Isaiah 51:5, זְרֹעָיו‎ 2 Kings 9:24; elsewhere feminine form, construct זְרוֺעוֺת‎ Psalm 37:17, זְרֹעוֺת‎ Job 22:9 6t., זְרֹעֹת‎ Deuteronomy 33:27; suffix זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י‎ Psalm 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י‎ 2 Samuel 22:35, etc. (In absolute and construct singular more often plene, in plural and with suffix more often defect. In three instances where ׳ז‎ is masculine it means a political or military force Daniel 11:15, 22, 31). —

1 arm,

a. literally, of a man Judges 15:14; 16:12; 2 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 9:19; 17:5 (probably accusative instrumental), Deuteronomy 33:20; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); Cant 8:6; Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 13:30 (strike out Co); ׳ז כֹּחוֺ‎ Isaiah 44:12 (of a smith, forging); ׳ז חֲשׂוּפָה‎ Ezekiel 4:7 (of prophet); in figure of ׳י‎ teaching Ephraim to walk Hosea 11:3; יָדָיו זְרֹעֵי‎ Genesis 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; זְרֹעָיו בֵּין אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם וַיַּךְ‎ 2 Kings 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders.

b. arm as seat of (human) strength Psalm 18:35 = 2 Samuel 22:35; ׳ז לֹאעֹז‎ Job 26:2, הַזּ ׳כּוֺחַ‎ Daniel 11:6 compare 11:6; ׳ז עֹז לֹא‎ Job 26:2; ז ׳חִוַּקְתִּי‎ Hosea 7:15 compare Ezekiel 30:24-25, also with שׁבר‎ Psalm 10:15; 37:17; Jeremiah 48:25 ("" קֶרֶן‎), Ezekiel 30:21-22, 24 compare 30:25; ׳ז תִּשָּׁבֵר רָמָה‎ Job 38:15. — On Malachi 2:3 compare VB. Especially

c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa², Psalms): — ׳ז נְטוּיָה‎ Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 26:8; Ezekiel 20:33-34, Psalm 136:12, compare Deuteronomy 7:19; 11:2; 1 Kings 8:42 2 Chronicles 6:32 (all "" חֲזָקָה יָד‎), Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; (of creation) Jeremiah 27:5; 32:17 (all "" גָּדוֺל כֹּחַ‎); ׳בִּז נְטוּיָה‎ Exodus 6:6 (P, or D's revision; no ""); ׳זְ חֲזָקָה‎ Jeremiah 21:5 ("" נְטוּיָה יָד‎); זרועך גְּדֹל‎ Exodus 15:16 (song), ז ׳גֹּדֶל‎ Psalm 79:11; תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ זְרוֺעִי‎ 89:22 ("" יָדִי‎); ׳בִּזְ‎ 77:16; ׳ז‎ 44:4 ("" יְמִינְךָ‎), ׳ז קָדְשׁוֺ‎ 98:1 ("" יְמִינוֺ‎), compare Isaiah 52:10; ׳ז עֻוָּךָ‎ Psalm 89:11 compare Isaiah 62:8 ("" יְמִינוֺ‎); י זְרוֺעַ ׳לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז‎ 51:9; עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה ז ׳לְךָ‎ Psalm 89:14; ׳ז תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ‎ Isaiah 63:12; as support of weak 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare עוֺלָם זְרֹעֹת‎ Deuteronomy 33:27; יַרְאֶה זְרוֺעוֺ נַחַת‎ Isaiah 30:30 (of lightning stroke, "" קולו הוֺד השׁמיע‎ of thunder); also לָךְ כָּאֵל אִםוְֿרוֺעַ‎ Job 40:9.Hence,

2 arm, as symbol of strength:

a. human 1 Samuel 2:31 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5‎ read זַרְעֲךָ‎ and זֶרַע‎, but see Klo Dr), Ezekiel 22:6; 31:17; זְרוֺעתֶיהָ וַתְּאַמֵּץ‎ Proverbs 31:17; ׳ז בָּשָׂר‎2 Chronicles 32:8; זְרֹעוֺ בָּשָׂר שָׁם‎ Jeremiah 17:5 ("" בָּאָדָם יִבְטַח‎); compare Psalm 44:4 ("" חַרְבָּם‎); זרוע אישׁ‎ Job 22:8; יְתֹמִים זְרֹעוֺת‎ 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט זרוע הָיוּ‎ Psalm 83:9; ׳ז רַבִּים‎ Job 35:9; גְּדוֺלָה זְרֹעַ‎ Ezekiel 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).

b. = divine strength Psalm 71:18 ("" גְּבוּרָה‎), לוֺ משְׁלָה זְרֹעוֺ‎ Isaiah 40:10 ("" חָזָק‎); יִשְׁמֹּ֑טוּ עַמִּים זְרֹעַי‎ 51:5 [Str thinks masculine to avoid verbal ending נָה‎, compare 49:11]; and help 33:2 ("" יְשׁוּעָה‎) compare 59:16; 63:5; see also 53:1.

3 Plural forces, political and military, with יִעֲמֹ֑דוּ‎ Daniel 11:15, 31; 11:22 (see Bev).

4 Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Numbers 6:19 (P) Deuteronomy 18:3.

דרע‎ (√of following; Biblical Hebrew II. זרע‎, זְרוֺעַ‎).