ʻâtseh — H6096

Definition

masculine noun

the spine (as giving firmness to the body)

1. spine, backbone, os sacrum
1. either spine or os sacrum
1. bone close to fat-tail

Usually translated as

backbone

Origin

from H6095

• Derived from ʻâtsâh (H6095)

Occurrences

ʻâtseh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1)

• Leviticus 3:9 — And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone (הֶעָצֶ֖ה); and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,