Genesis 35:11
And he is saying to-himself elohim, myself is El of Destroyers. Bear fruit and abound, a nation and an assembly of nations he is from out of yourself, and kings from your double-loins1088 are going out.
| 1088 | Loins, a.k.a. Testicles Hebrew חֲלָצֶ֥יךָ. Strong’s #2504, chelets. Feminine noun. There is a masculine word for the same thing, mothen (#4975), see note on Gen. 37:34. Traditionally translated “loins” this Hebrew word is only found in the dual form. Dual words are used of things that come in pairs, i.e. eyes, nostrils, feet, etc. Since this is explicitly referring to something from which proceeds offspring, it is not hard to figure out what this dual word is referring to. Thighs (#3409), legs (#7785), hips (#4667), and shoulders (#7926) are not found in the dual form in ancient Hebrew. The verb root chalats (#2502) means to withdraw, draw out, while the root of the masculine mothen means to be slender. |