neck, especially
back of neck, of man, wearing chain as ornament
Breishis 41:42 (E), so of woman
Shir HaShirim 1:10, cf.
Shoftim 5:30 (read perhaps
צַוָּארַי for -
רֵי), elsewhere in Gn usually pl. intens., of individual,
נָפַל עַל־צ׳ Breishis 45:14 (E),
Breishis 46:29;
Breishis 33:4 (Qr; Kt sg.), so
בָּכָה עַל־צ׳ Breishis 45:14;
Breishis 46:29 (all J);
חֶלְקַת צַוָּארָיו Breishis 27:16 smooth part of neck (J); neck of beautiful woman
Shir HaShirim 4:4;
Shir HaShirim 7:5; neck as pressed by foot of conqueror
Yehoshua 10:24(×2) (JE); place of yoke
Breishis 27:40 (sg.; J),
Devarim 28:48;
Yeshaya 10:27;
Yirmiya 27:2,
Yirmiya 27:8,
Yirmiya 27:11,
Yirmiya 27:12;
Yirmiya 28:10,
Yirmiya 28:11,
Yirmiya 28:12,
Yirmiya 28:14;
Yirmiya 30:8; of transgressions as yoke
Eicha 1:14; place of bonds
Yeshaya 52:2; of bearing load,
Nechemia 3:5 (fig.), hence calamity as burden
Micha 2:3; neck as smitten with sword
Yechezkel 21:34;
עַד־צ׳ as measurement of height (depth; in fig.)
Yeshaya 8:8;
Yeshaya 30:28;
Chavakuk 3:13;
בְּצ׳ עָתָק fig.
Tehillim 75:6 speak not with
arrogant neck (si vera l.; but read perhaps
בַּצּוּר against the Rock, 𝔊 κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, Bae Hup-Now Che Kau); of wicked, rushing against God
Iyov 15:26.—
עַל־צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ Eicha 5:5 is dubious; Matthes Löhr Bae
עֹל עַל־וגו׳; Bu
עֹל צַוּ׳, and
הֲדָפָנוּ or
יֶהְדְּפֵנוּ for
נִר׳.