Breast
Breast [1]
(prop. שִׁד , Shad, or שֹׁד , shod, the female Teat; occasionally the cognate דִּדִּיַם , Daddadyim, the Two Paps, Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 23:21; Proverbs 5:19; but חָזֶה chazeh', the Breast or front part of an animal, as first seen, Exodus 29:26-27; Leviticus 7:30-31; Leviticus 9:20-21). See Bosom. Females in the East are more desirous than those of colder climates to have a full and swelling breast, and study Embonpoint to a degree unusual among northern nations. This was also the case among the ancient Hebrews ( Song of Solomon 8:10). (See Beauty). In Nahum 2:7, it is said that the women of Nineveh shall be led into captivity " tabering upon their breasts" -that is, beating their breasts in token of anguish, as if they were playing on the tabret. (See Grief). The waving of the breast of the animal offered in sacrifice ( Leviticus 7:30) is supposed to be typical of giving up to God the heart and the affections. (See Sacrifice).
