{"def":{"short":"the loin (externally), i.e., the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power","long":["the hip (loin)",["to gird, gird about, the loins"],"a loin, the (two) loins",["the place where the Hebrews thought the generative power (semen) resided"]]},"deriv":"of uncertain affinity","pronun":{"ipa":"oˈsfys","ipa_mod":"owˈsfjus","sbl":"osphys","dic":"oh-SFOOS","dic_mod":"oh-SFYOOS"}}