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• יְרֵכָה
• כֶּסֶל , כֶּסֶל
• כָּתֵף

כֶּסֶל, kesel, the loin of an animal (Job 14:27, where fatness is noted as a sign of self-pampering); elsewhere in the plur. for the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres, Gr. ψόαι (Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 3:10; Leviticus 3:15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4); hence the viscera in general, umetaphorically for the inmost feelings C" loins," Psalms 38:8). (See REINS).