Senses
1. leg (of an animal) — The lower leg or shank of an animal, used exclusively in ritual and dietary law contexts. Found in Exodus 12:9 (roasting the Passover lamb with its legs), Exodus 29:17 and Leviticus 1:9,13, 4:11, 8:21, 9:14 (legs of sacrificial animals washed before burning), Leviticus 11:21 (legs of permitted insects), and Amos 3:12 (a shepherd recovering legs from a lion). All inflectional variants -- dual absolute (כְּרָעַיִם), dual with article (הַכְּרָעַיִם), construct with suffixes (כְּרָעָיו, its legs; וּכְרָעָיו, and its legs) -- denote the same anatomical part. Multilingual glosses are consistent: Arabic أكارع/سيقان (legs/shanks), German Beine (legs), Hindi पैर/टांगें (legs), Korean 다리들 (legs), Spanish piernas/patas (legs). 9×
AR["-الأَكَارِعَ","أَكارِعِهِ","أَوْ","سَاقَانِ","سِيقَانِهِ","وَ-أَكارِعَهُ","وَ-أَكارِعُهُ","وَ-الأَكارِعُ"]·ben["-পা","এবং-তার-পা","এবং-তার-পাগুলি","এবং-পা","তার-পা","তার-পায়গুলি","পা","পাগুলি"]·DE["Beine","[כרעים]","der-Beine","sein-Beine","sein-legs","und-der-Beine","und-sein-Beine","und-sein-legs"]·EN["and-its-legs","and-the-legs","its-legs","legs","the-legs"]·FR["comme-mauvais","et-le-legs","et-son-jambes","et-son-legs","le-legs","legs","son-jambes","son-legs"]·heb["ה-כרעיו","ו-ה-כרעיים","ו-כרעיו","כרעיו","כרעים"]·HI["उसके पैरों","और-उसके-पैर","और-पैर","टाँगें","टांगों-उसकी","पैरों-उसके","पैरों-को"]·ID["dan-kaki","dan-kaki-kakinya","dan-kakinya","kaki","kaki-kaki","kaki-peloncat","kakinya"]·IT["[כרעים]","e-il-gambe","e-suo-gambe","e-suo-legs","gambe","il-gambe","suo-gambe","suo-legs"]·jav["lan-sampéyanipun","sampEyanipun","sampéyan","sampéyanipun","suku","suku-suku","suku-sukunipun"]·KO["그-다리들을","그것-의-다리들","그것의-다리들","그리고-그-다리들-을","그리고-그-다리들을","그리고-그것-의-다리들-을","다리들이","다리를"]·PT["as-pernas","e-as-pernas","e-pernas-dele","e-suas-pernas","pernas","pernas-dele","suas-pernas"]·RU["голени","голенями-его","и-голени","и-голени-его","ногами-его"]·ES["las-patas","las-piernas","patas-suyas","piernas","sus-patas","y-las-patas","y-patas-suyas","y-sus-piernas"]·SW["miguu","miguu-ya-kuruka","miguu-yake","na-miguu","na-miguu-yake"]·TR["-bacakları","bacak","bacakları","bacaklarını","ve-bacakları","ve-bacaklarını"]·urd["اور-اُس-کی-ٹانگیں","اور-ٹانگیں","اُس-کی-ٹانگیں","ٹانگوں-اس-کی","ٹانگیں","پاؤں","پائیوں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [כֶּ֫רַע] n.[f.] leg, (NH כֶּרַע, Aramaic כַּרְעָא, ܟܰܪܥܳܐ, Arabic كُراَع );—only du. כְּרָעַיִם Lv 11:21 + 3 times; כְּרָעָ֑יִם Lv 9:14; sf. כְּרָעָיו Ex 12:9 + 3 times;—two (bending) legs, of animals in ritual phrase of P, רֹאשׁוֹ עַל־כְּרָעָיו Ex 12:9 his head with his legs, Lv 4:11; (ה)קרב(ו) ו(ה)כרע(יו) (his) inwards and (his) legs Ex 29:17 Lv 1:9, 13; 8:21; 9:14; Am 3:12 (of legs of lamb…