Difference between revisions of "Knee; Kneel"

<p> ''''' nē ''''' , ''''' nēl ''''' ("knee," בּרך , <i> ''''' berekh ''''' </i> ; [[Aramaic]] ארכבּה , <i> ''''' 'arekhubbah ''''' </i> ; γόνυ , <i> ''''' gónu ''''' </i> ; "kneel"; בּרך , <i> ''''' bārakh ''''' </i> ; Aramaic בּרך , <i> ''''' berakh ''''' </i> ; γονυπετἐω , <i> ''''' gonupetéō ''''' </i> ): Most of the uses are obvious, and the figurative use of "knees" as the symbol of strength (&nbsp; Job 4:4; &nbsp;Hebrews 12:12 , etc.) needs no explanation. The disease of the knees mentioned in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:35 is perhaps some form of leprosy. In &nbsp; Job 3:12 the "knees" seem to be used for the <i> lap </i> , as the place where a child receives its first care. Three times in Gen the knees appear in connection with primitive adoption customs. In &nbsp;Job 30:3 a fiction is enacted that purports to represent Rachel as the actual mother of Bilhah's children. By a somewhat similar rite in 48:12, Jacob (the "knees" here are Jacob's, not Joseph's) adopts [[Ephraim]] and Manasseh, so that they are counted as two of the twelve patriarchs and not as members of a single [[Joseph]] tribe. In the same way Machir's children are adopted by Joseph in 50:23, and this is certainly connected with the counting of [[Machir]] (instead of Manasseh) as one of the tribes in &nbsp; Judges 5:14 . See [[Tribes]]; and for the idea underlying this paternal adoption, compare [[Thigh]] . From among classical instances of the same customs compare Homer, <i> [[Odyssey]] </i> , xix. 401 ff, where Autolukos, grandfather of Ulysses, receives the newborn grandchild on his knees and gives him his name. Thus also we have to understand the numerous representations in [[Egyptian]] sculpture, showing the king as an infant on the knees or the lap of a goddess. </p> <p> [[Kneeling]] was less commonly an attitude of prayer among the [[Jews]] than was standing, but references to kneeling are of course abundant. For kneeling (or prostrating one's self) before a superior, see [[Attitudes]] , 2; [[Salutation]] . </p>

<p> ''''' nē ''''' , ''''' nēl ''''' ("knee," בּרך , <i> ''''' berekh ''''' </i> ; [[Aramaic]] ארכבּה , <i> ''''' 'arekhubbah ''''' </i> ; γόνυ , <i> ''''' gónu ''''' </i> ; "kneel"; בּרך , <i> ''''' bārakh ''''' </i> ; Aramaic בּרך , <i> ''''' berakh ''''' </i> ; γονυπετἐω , <i> ''''' gonupetéō ''''' </i> ): Most of the uses are obvious, and the figurative use of "knees" as the symbol of strength (&nbsp; Job 4:4; &nbsp;Hebrews 12:12 , etc.) needs no explanation. The disease of the knees mentioned in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:35 is perhaps some form of leprosy. In &nbsp; Job 3:12 the "knees" seem to be used for the <i> lap </i> , as the place where a child receives its first care. Three times in Gen the knees appear in connection with primitive adoption customs. In &nbsp;Job 30:3 a fiction is enacted that purports to represent Rachel as the actual mother of Bilhah's children. By a somewhat similar rite in 48:12, Jacob (the "knees" here are Jacob's, not Joseph's) adopts [[Ephraim]] and Manasseh, so that they are counted as two of the twelve patriarchs and not as members of a single [[Joseph]] tribe. In the same way Machir's children are adopted by Joseph in 50:23, and this is certainly connected with the counting of [[Machir]] (instead of Manasseh) as one of the tribes in &nbsp; Judges 5:14 . See [[Tribes]]; and for the idea underlying this paternal adoption, compare [[Thigh]] . From among classical instances of the same customs compare Homer, <i> [[Odyssey]] </i> , xix. 401 ff, where Autolukos, grandfather of Ulysses, receives the newborn grandchild on his knees and gives him his name. Thus also we have to understand the numerous representations in [[Egyptian]] sculpture, showing the king as an infant on the knees or the lap of a goddess. </p> <p> [[Kneeling]] was less commonly an attitude of prayer among the [[Jews]] than was standing, but references to kneeling are of course abundant. For kneeling (or prostrating one's self) before a superior, see [[Attitudes]] , 2; [[Salutation]] . </p>

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