H0810 H0810
testicle (male reproductive organ, defect disqualifying from priestly service)
Levitical legislation concerning priestly qualifications excludes men with crushed or damaged testicles from offering sacrifices. The requirement for physical wholeness in those approaching God's altar symbolized the perfection demanded in sacred service. Similar restrictions appear across ancient Near Eastern priestly codes, reflecting widespread association of bodily integrity with ritual purity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Anatomical term for the testicle appearing in Leviticus 21:20's list of disqualifying physical defects for priests. The specific phrase "crushed testicle" indicates traumatic injury rather than congenital condition. Syriac and Ethiopic cognates confirm the anatomical reference. Cross-linguistic translations uniformly render this with clinical precision appropriate to legal medical contexts. 1×
AR["الْخُصْيَةِ"]·ben["অণ্ডকোষের"]·DE["testicles"]·EN["testicles"]·FR["testicles"]·heb["אשך"]·HI["अंडकोष"]·ID["hancur"]·IT["testicles"]·jav["wiji."]·KO["고환"]·PT["testículo"]·RU["яичко"]·ES["testículo"]·SW["korodani"]·TR["testis"]·urd["فوٹے"]
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
† [אֶ֫שֶׁךְ] n.[m.] testicle (Syriac ܐܶܫܟܳܐ, Ethiopic እስኪት etym. unknown) only מְרוֹחַ אָ֑שֶׁךְ Lv 21:20.