H0755 H0755
knees (Aramaic noun denoting the knee joints as bodily organs)
This Aramaic term appears uniquely in Daniel's vision of Belshazzar's feast, describing the king's physiological terror. The phrase "his knees knocked together" captures the visceral fear that overtook him when divine writing appeared on the wall. Cognates across Aramaic dialects and Arabic confirm this straightforward anatomical reference to the knee joint.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Anatomical designation for the knee joints. The Daniel 5:6 context depicts involuntary physical collapse under supernatural dread, where the knees—normally supporting upright posture—fail. Spanish and English translations uniformly render this as "knees," reflecting the transparent cross-linguistic recognition of this body-part term. 1×
AR["وَ-رُكْبَتَاهُ"]·ben["এবং-তাঁর-হাঁটুগুলি"]·DE["[וארכבתה]"]·EN["and-his-knees"]·FR["et-divertissement"]·heb["ו-ברכיו"]·HI["और-उसके-घुटने"]·ID["dan-lutut-lututnya"]·IT["[וארכבתה]"]·jav["lan-jengkunipun"]·KO["그리고-그-의-무릎들-이"]·PT["e-seus-joelhos"]·RU["и-колени-его"]·ES["y-sus-rodillas"]·SW["na-magoti-yake"]·TR["ve-dizleri"]·urd["اور-اُس-کے-گھٹنے"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אַרְכֻבָּה] n.f. id. (by transp.; cf.𝔗 רְכוּבָא, 𝔗J אַרְכּוּבְתָּא; Chr-Pal. ܐܪܟܘܒܬܐ SchwallyIdiot. 89 (who > expl. from √ רכב, cf.SchulthLex. 194); Arabic رُكْبَةٌ id.);—pl. sf. אַרְכֻבָּתֵהּ Dn 5:6 his knees.