צַוָּאר

Genesis 27:16 צַוָּארָֽיו׃ neck<s> his

She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Genesis 27:40 צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃ neck your

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Here: 'Your neck.' The neck is where the yoke rests. A bent neck under a yoke means submission, so a neck freed of it means independence.

Genesis 33:4 צַוָּארָ֖יו neck his

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

Here: 'His neck.' The form is grammatically plural ('his necks'), which is the normal way Hebrew writes this idiom (compare Gen 45:14; 46:29). It still means one neck. Later rabbinic tradition played on the plural.

Genesis 41:42 צַוָּארֽוֹ׃ neck his

Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Here: 'His neck.' The neck is where the honour is worn in full view of everyone.

Genesis 45:14 צַוְּארֵ֥י צַוָּארָֽיו׃ [the] neck<s> of, neck<s> his

Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.

Genesis 46:29 צַוָּארָ֔יו צַוָּארָ֖יו neck<s> his

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Deuteronomy 28:48 צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ neck your

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Here: The neck is where the yoke sits. Elsewhere in Deuteronomy a 'stiff neck' stands for stubbornness (9:6; 31:27): the neck that would not bow to God is bowed under an iron bar.

Joshua 10:24 צַוְּארֵ֖י צַוְּארֵיהֶֽם׃ [the] necks of, necks their

When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

Here: "Necks of". The neck is where a yoke sits and where pride and resistance are pictured, so a foot on the neck means complete subjugation.

Judges 5:30 לְצַוְּארֵ֥י for [the] necks of

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

Judges 8:21 בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י [were] on [the] necks of

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

Judges 8:26 בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י [were] on [the] necks of

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

Nehemiah 3:5 צַוָּרָ֔ם neck their

Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

Job 15:26 בְּצַוָּ֑אר with a neck

rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

Job 39:19 צַוָּאר֣וֹ neck its

Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

Job 41:22 בְּֽ֭צַוָּארוֹ in neck its

Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

Psalm 75:5 בְצַוָּ֣אר with a neck

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

Here: "With a neck". The neck is where a yoke rests and where a conqueror plants his foot. Speaking "with the neck" means speaking with the head thrown back and the throat stretched out, the posture of someone who bows to no one. Compare Job 15:26, where the wicked man "runs against God with neck".

Song of Songs 1:10 צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ neck your

Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

Here: 'Your neck'. The verb 'is lovely' carries over from the first line without being repeated. In the Song the neck stands for poise and dignity (4:4; 7:4).

Song of Songs 4:4 צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ neck your

Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

Song of Songs 4:9 מִצַּוְּרֹנָֽיִךְ׃ from necklaces your

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

Here: Built on the word for 'neck' (tsavvar) and found only here in the Bible. It means the strands or ornaments around her neck. 'One ʿanaq of your neck-strands' means a single jewel of her necklace.

Song of Songs 7:4 צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ neck your

Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

Isaiah 8:8 צַוָּ֖אר [the] neck

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Here: The water rises to the neck of a person standing in it, one step short of drowning. Many readers see the 'head' left above water as Jerusalem, the capital (Isaiah has just called capitals the 'head' of their kingdoms in 7:8–9).

Isaiah 10:27 צַוָּארֶ֑ךָ neck your

On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.

Here: The neck, where a yoke sits. Elsewhere in the Bible a yoke on the neck is the classic image of servitude (Gen 27:40; Deut 28:48; Jer 27:8).

Isaiah 30:28 צַוָּ֣אר [the] neck

His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

Here: Water up to the neck means a person is a breath away from drowning. Isaiah used the same picture of Assyria flooding Judah in 8:8.

Isaiah 52:2 צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ neck your

Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

Here: 'Your neck' (said to a woman). The neck is where a yoke or captive's halter sits, so it is the classic place where subjugation shows on the body (Lam 1:14; Jer 28:10–14).

Jeremiah 27:2 צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃ neck your

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

Here: 'Your neck.' In the Bible and the ancient Near East the neck is where submission or defiance shows: a yoke sits on it, a conqueror's foot is placed on it (Josh 10:24), and a stubborn person is 'stiff-necked'.

Jeremiah 27:8 צַוָּאר֔וֹ neck its

As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.

Jeremiah 27:11 צַוָּאר֛וֹ neck its

But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 27:12 צַוְּארֵיכֶ֜ם necks your

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 28:10 צַוַּ֖אר [the] neck of

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Jeremiah 28:11 צַוַּ֖אר [the] neck of

And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.

Jeremiah 28:12 צַוַּ֛אר [the] neck of

But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 28:14 צַוַּ֣אר׀ [the] neck of

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

Jeremiah 30:8 צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ neck your

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

Here: 'Your neck' (singular). Jacob/Israel is spoken to as one person, like one ox under the yoke.

Lamentations 1:14 צַוָּארִ֖י neck my

My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

Here: 'My neck': where a yoke sits. In Hebrew idiom the neck is also where submission or stubbornness shows ('stiff-necked').

Lamentations 5:5 צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ neck our

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

Ezekiel 21:29 צַוְּארֵי֙ [the] necks of

while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

Here: 'Necks of'. The picture is a sword brought down on necks, or laid across the necks of men already struck down. It is the language of execution and the battlefield.

Hosea 10:11 צַוָּארָ֑הּ neck its

Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

Micah 2:3 צַוְּארֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם necks your

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

Here: 'Your necks'. The picture is a yoke: conquered or enslaved people bear a yoke on the neck. The coming disaster is a yoke they cannot shake off.

Habakkuk 3:13 צַוָּ֖אר neck

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah

Here: 'Neck': the poem swings back from the building to the body, so the whole enemy, from base to neck, is laid open. Some scholars suspect an original 'rock' (bedrock) here.