neck, especially
back of neck, of man, wearing chain as ornament
Genesis 41:42 (E), so of woman
Song of Songs 1:10, cf.
Judges 5:30 (read perhaps
צַוָּארַי for -
רֵי), elsewhere in Gn usually pl. intens., of individual,
נָפַל עַל־צ׳ Genesis 45:14 (E),
Genesis 46:29;
Genesis 33:4 (Qr; Kt sg.), so
בָּכָה עַל־צ׳ Genesis 45:14;
Genesis 46:29 (all J);
חֶלְקַת צַוָּארָיו Genesis 27:16 smooth part of neck (J); neck of beautiful woman
Song of Songs 4:4;
Song of Songs 7:5; neck as pressed by foot of conqueror
Joshua 10:24(×2) (JE); place of yoke
Genesis 27:40 (sg.; J),
Deuteronomy 28:48;
Isaiah 10:27;
Jeremiah 27:2,
Jeremiah 27:8,
Jeremiah 27:11,
Jeremiah 27:12;
Jeremiah 28:10,
Jeremiah 28:11,
Jeremiah 28:12,
Jeremiah 28:14;
Jeremiah 30:8; of transgressions as yoke
Lamentations 1:14; place of bonds
Isaiah 52:2; of bearing load,
Nehemiah 3:5 (fig.), hence calamity as burden
Micah 2:3; neck as smitten with sword
Ezekiel 21:34;
עַד־צ׳ as measurement of height (depth; in fig.)
Isaiah 8:8;
Isaiah 30:28;
Habakkuk 3:13;
בְּצ׳ עָתָק fig.
Psalms 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
Job 15:26.—
עַל־צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ Lamentations 5:5 is dubious; Matthes Löhr Bae
עֹל עַל־וגו׳; Bu
עֹל צַוּ׳, and
הֲדָפָנוּ or
יֶהְדְּפֵנוּ for
נִר׳.