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LCF in English Bibles


The primary source for translating the Bible into English is the Hebrew literary monument Torah. In its first part, the Book of Bereshit (32:33), there is a mention of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), which in Hebrew is called «גיד» (gheed, gid) (1923, 2004PreussJ; 2019ArkhipovSV_SkvortsovDV; 2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV). Probably one of the earliest written translations of the Bible into Old English was made by Ælfric of Eynsham, who worked approximately between 955–1010 CE (1050Aelfric’s). In Aelfric's Anglo-Saxon Paraphrase, the Hebrew concept of «גיד» [gheed], that is, LCF, is mentioned twice in the 25th and 32nd verses of the XXXII Chapter of the Book of Genesis and is called «sine» (Figure 1, 2). In Middle English, translators Nicholas of Hereford and John Wycliffe named LCF as «synwe», and in John Purvey's Bible edition - «senewe» (1850ForshallJ_MaddenF). In Bibles in Early Modern English, LCF is designated as «senow» and «senowe» (1530TyndaleW; 1535CoverdaleM; 1537RogersJ; 1539TavernerR). In the King James Bible (1611), also in Early Modern English, LCF is called «sinewe» (1611The Hole Bible). In Modern English, LCF in Chapter XXXII of the Book of Genesis is labeled as «sinew», «tendon», «nerve», «muscle», «meat», «vein», sometimes specified as «sciatic nerve», «sciatic muscle», «thigh muscle», «thigh vein», «hip muscle».

Figure 1. Aelfric's Anglo-Saxon Paraphrase, Book of Genesis, verses 25 and 32 (Old English); mention of LCF (1050Aelfric’s)


Figure 2. Aelfric's Anglo-Saxon Paraphrase, Book of Genesis, verses 25 and 32 in modern orthography; mention of LCF (1871Aelgric_GreinCWM)


In our opinion, the varied understanding of the original term «gheed» serves as a peculiar illustration of the insufficiently studied nature of LCF.

Below we provide quotes from selected English versions of the book of Genesis with mention of LCF (for study and comparison):

John Wyclif's Bible (1395)

25 And whanne the man seiy that he miyte not ouercome Jacob, he touchide the senewe of Jacobis hipe, and it driede anoon.

32 For which cause the sones of Israel eten not `til in to present day the senewe, that driede in the hipe of Jacob; for the man touchide the senewe of Jacobs hipe, and it driede. [1395Wyclif's Bible, Genesis 32:25,321425Wycliffe]

Note: English variant - Middle English; Date – 1388; Sourse - Latin Vulgate. 

Translated by W. Tyndale (1530)

25 And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him / he smote hi vnder the thye / and the senowe of Jacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him. 

32 wherfore the childern of Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye / vnto this daye: because that he smote Jacob vnder the thye in the senow that shroncke.  [1530TyndaleW, Genesis 32:25,32]

Geneva Bible (1560) 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe that shranke in the hollowe of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shranke in the holow of Iaakobs thigh.   [GNV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Early Modern English; Date – 1557 (NT), 1560 (complete Bible); Sourse - Masoretic Text, Textus Receptus.

King James Version (1611)

32 Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe which shranke, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because hee touched the hollow of Jacobs thigh in the sinewe that shranke.   [1611The Hole Bible, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Early Modern English; Date – 1611; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Textus Receptus.

King James Version (new ed.) 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.   [KJV,Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Early Modern English; Date – 1611, 1769; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Textus Receptus, Tyndale 1526 NT, some Erasmus manuscripts, and Bezae 1598 TR. 

Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (1752) 

25 And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank. 

32 Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.   [DRC1752, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Early Modern English; Date – 1752; Sourse - Clementine Vulgate. 

Translated by W. Tyndale (1884)

25 And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him, he smote hi vnder the thye, and the senowe of Jacobs they shranke as he wrastled with him. 

32 wherefore the childern of Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye, vnto this daye: because that he smote Jacob vnder the thye in the senow that shroncke. (1884TyndaleW, Genesis 32:25,32)

Note: English variant - Early Modern English; Date – 1884 ed.

Revised Version (1885) 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [RV1885, Genesis 32:32]

Note 1. The Revised Version (RV) of the Bible was the only officially authorised revision of the King James Version (KJV), also called the Authorised Version (AV).

Note 2. English variant – Modern English; Date – 1885; Sourse - ? 

Darby's Translation (1890)

32 Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh — the sinew.    [DARBY, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1890; Sourse - Masoretic Text, various critical editions of the Greek text (i.a. Tregelles, Tischendorf, Westcott and Hort). 

Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895) 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [RV1895, Genesis 32:32]

Young's Literal Translation (1898) 

32 therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob's thigh, against the sinew which shrank.    [YLT98, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1862; Sourse - Masoretic Text.

American Standard Version

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [ASV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1901; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Westcott and Hort 1881 and Tregelles 1857. 

Revised Standard Version 

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew of the hip.   [RSV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1946 (New Testament), 1952 (Complete Bible); Sourse - Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament. 

King James Version with Apocrypha, American Edition 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.   [KJVAAE, Genesis 32:32]

Note: spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.

King James Version, American Edition

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.   [KJVAE, Genesis 32:32]

Note: spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.

Good News Bible (Anglicised) 

32 Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was struck.   [GNBDC, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1976; Sourse - United Bible Societies (UBS) Greek text ? 

Good News Bible (Catholic edition in Septuagint order) 

32 Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was struck.   [GNBDK, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1976; Sourse - United Bible Societies (UBS) Greek text ? 

Good News Translation 

32 Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was hit.   [GNT, Genesis 32:32]

Note: was first published as a full Bible in 1976.

Good News Translation (US Version) 

32 Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was hit.   [GNTD, Genesis 32:32]

Note: was first published as a full Bible in 1976.

New King James Version

32 Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.    [NKJV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1982; Sourse - Masoretic Text (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 1983), Textus Receptus. 

Amplified Bible

32 Therefore, to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh by the tendon of the hip. [AMP, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1987?; Sourse - Revision of the American Standard Version. 

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version 

32 So even today, the people of Israel don’t eat the muscle that is on the hip joint, because this is the muscle where Jacob was hurt.    [ERV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1989; Sourse - Textus Receptus, United Bible Society (UBS) Greek text, Nestle-Aland Text.

New Revised Standard Version 

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle.   [NRSV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1989; Sourse - ? 

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional 

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle.   [NRSV-CI, Genesis 32:32]

Note: copyright © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.

New Century Version 

32 So even today the people of Israel do not eat the muscle that is on the hip joint of animals, because Jacob was touched there.   [NCV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1991; Sourse - ? 

Good News Bible (Anglicised, 1994) 

32 Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was struck.   [GNBUK, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1994; Sourse - United Bible Societies (UBS) Greek text? 

New American Standard Bible (1995) 

32 Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [NASB1995, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1971, 1995, 2020; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland Text.

Contemporary English Version 

32 and the muscle on his hip joint had been injured. That's why even today the people of Israel don't eat the hip muscle of any animal.   [CEV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1995; Sourse - it is an accurate and faithful translation of the original manuscripts. 

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition 

32 and the muscle on his hip joint had been injured. That's why even today the people of Israel don't eat the hip muscle of any animal.   [CEVDCI, Genesis 32:32]

Note: it is an accurate and faithful translation of the original manuscripts (1995).

GOD'S WORD 

32 Therefore, even today the people of Israel do not eat the muscle of the thigh attached to the hip socket because God touched the socket of Jacob’s hip at the muscle of the thigh.  [GW,Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1995; Sourse - ? 

New Living Translation 

32(Even today the people of Israel don’t eat the tendon near the hip socket because of what happened that night when the man strained the tendon of Jacob’s hip.   [NLT, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1996; Sourse - ? 

Complete Jewish Bible

33 This is why, to this day, the people of Isra’el do not eat the thigh muscle that passes along the hip socket — because the man struck Ya‘akov’s hip at its socket.   [CJB, B'resheet 32:33]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1998; Sourse - Paraphrase of the Jewish Publication Society of America Version (Old Testament), and from Greek (New Testament) text. 

New International Reader’s Version 

32 That’s why the Israelites don’t eat the meat attached to the inside of an animal’s hip. They don’t eat it to this day. It’s because the inside of Jacob’s hip was touched.   [NIRV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1998; Sourse - ? 

World English Bible 

32 Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [WEB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2000; Sourse - Based on the American Standard Version first published in 1901, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. It is in draft form, and currently being edited for accuracy and readability. 

Holman Christian Standard Bible 

32 That is why, to this day, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because He struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.   [HCSB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2004; Sourse - Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Novum Testamentum Graece 27th Edition, United Bible Societies 4th Edition. 

New English Translation 

32 That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip near the attached sinew.    [NET, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2005; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland/United Bible Society Greek New Testament.

The Scriptures (2009) 

32 That is why the children of Yisra’ĕl to this day do not eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the socket of the thigh, because He touched the socket of the thigh of Ya‛aqoḇ, in the sinew of the hip.   [TS2009, Berěshith 32:32]

Lexham English Bible

32 Therefore the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the sciatic nerve that is upon the socket of the hip unto this day, because he struck the socket of the thigh of Jacob at the sinew of the sciatic nerve.   [LEB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: Copyright 2010 Logos Bible Software. Lexhamis a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.

Translated by J. Wycliffe, J. Purvey (2010NobleTP, ed.)

25 And when the man saw that he might not overcome Jacob, he touched the sinew of Jacob’s hip, and it dried anon (and it dried up at once). 

32 For which cause the sons of Israel eat not unto this present day the sinew, (like that) that dried in the hip of Jacob (For this reason, the Israelites do not eat the sinew, like that which dried up in Jacob’s hip, unto this present day); for the man touched the sinew of Jacob’s hip, and it dried (up).   [2010NobleTP, Genesis 32:25,32]

Note: English variant - Early Modern English; Date – 1530 ed.

Common English Bible

25 When the man saw that he couldn’t defeat Jacob, he grabbed Jacob’s thigh and tore a muscle in Jacob’s thigh as he wrestled with him.

32 Therefore, Israelites don’t eat the tendon attached to the thigh muscle to this day, because he grabbed Jacob’s thigh muscle at the tendon.   [CEB, Genesis 32:25,32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2011; Sourse - translated the Bible into English directly from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts?

The Orthodox Jewish Bible (2011) 

32 Therefore the Bnei Yisroel eat not of the sinew of the thigh vein (sciatic nerve) which is upon the hip socket, unto this day; because he touched the hip socket of Ya'akov in the sinew of the thigh vein.   [TOJB2011, Bereshis 32:32]

New American Bible, revised edition 

33 That is why, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket, because he had struck Jacob’s hip socket at the sciatic muscle.   [NABRE, Genesis 32:33]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2011; Sourse - Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia for the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls consulted and referenced, Septuagint also consulted and compared for the OT and Deuterocanonicals, the Latin Vulgate for some parts of the Deuterocanonicals, and the United Bible Societies 3rd edition (UBS3) cross referenced to the 26th edition of the Greek New Testament (NA26). 

New International Version 

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.   [NIV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1978, 1984, 2011; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (based on Westcott-Hort, Weiss and Tischendorf, 1862).

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised, 2012) 

32 and the muscle on his hip joint had been injured. That's why even today the people of Israel don't eat the hip muscle of any animal.   [CEVUK, Genesis 32:32]

Modern English Version 

32 Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the thigh, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [MEV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association.

International Children’s Bible 

32 So even today the people of Israel do not eat the muscle that is on the hip joint of animals. This is because Jacob was touched there.   [ICB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: Copyright © 1986, 1988, 1999, 2015 by Tommy Nelson™, a division of Thomas Nelson.

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

32 That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the hollow of the thigh, because [the Angel of the Lord] touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew of the hip. [AMPC, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2015?; Sourse - Revision of the American Standard Version. 

Berean Study Bible

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.   [BSB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2016; Sourse - Masoretic Text, various Greek texts.

Berean Study Bible 

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.    [BSB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2016; Sourse - Masoretic Text, various Greek texts.

English Standard Version (2016) 

32 Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the sinew of the thigh.   [ESV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016; Sourse - Derived from the 1971 edition of the Revised Standard Version text. Based on Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th ed., 1997); UBS Greek New Testament (5th corrected ed.); and Novum Testamentum Graece (28th ed., 2012).

Christian Standard Bible

32 That is why, still today, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because he struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.   [CSB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2017; Sourse - Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Novum Testamentum Graece 28th Edition (NA28), United Bible Societies 5th Edition (UBS5).

Easy English Bible (2018)

32 Even today, the Israelite people do not eat the meat of an animal where it joins to the hip. This is because God touched Jacob's hip.   [EASY, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 2018; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.

Jubilee Bible 

32 Therefore the sons of Israel do not eat of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.   [JUB, Genesis 32:32]

Note: The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) (From the Scriptures of the Reformation) Copyright © 2013, 2020 Translated and Edited by Russell M. Stendal.

New American Standard Bible (2020) 

32 Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the tendon of the hip.    [NASB2020, Genesis 32:32]

Note: English variant – Modern English; Date – 1971, 1995, 2020; Sourse - Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland Text.

Catholic Public Domain Version

32 For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob's thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.   [CPDV, Genesis 32:32]

Free Bible Version  

32 That's why, even today, Israelites don't eat the thigh tendon attached to the hip socket, because that's where the man hit Jacob's hip socket. [FBV, Genesis 32:32]

Note: this translation is directly from the Hebrew and Greek text.

New International Version (Anglicised)  

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon. [NIVUK, Genesis 32:32]

New Messianic Version Bible  

32 Therefore the children of Isra’el eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Ya’akov’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.   [https://www.bible.com/bible/2135/GEN.32.NMV NMV, Genesis 32:32]

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)  

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew of the hip.   [RSV-CI, Genesis 32:32]

Note: Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

Tree of Life Version  

33 That is why the children of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip socket, to this very day, because He struck the socket of Jacob’s thigh on the tendon of the hip.   [TLV, Genesis 32:33]

Note: Hebrew Bible.

World English Bible British Edition  

32 Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [WEBBE, Genesis 32:32]

World Messianic Bible  

32 Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [WMB,Genesis 32:32]

World Messianic Bible British Edition  

32 Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.   [WMBBE, Genesis 32:32]

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling  

25 And when the man saw that he might not overcome Jacob, he touched the sinew of Jacob’s hip, and it dried anon. 

32 For which cause the sons of Israel eat not unto this present day the sinew, like that that dried in the hip of Jacob; for the man touched the sinew of Jacob’s hip, and it dried up.   [WBMS, Genesis 32:25,32]

Keywords

synonyms, ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur 

References

Forshall J, Madden F. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal Books in the Earliest English Versions Made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe and His Followers : Edited by J. Forshall and Sir F. Madden. Vol. 1. Oxford: University Press, 1850. [books.google]

Aelgric, Grein CWM. Älfrik de vetere et novo testamento, Pentateuch, Iosua, Buch der Richter und Hiob. Cassel, Goettingen: G.H. Wigand, 1872.  [archive.org]

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Taverner R. The most Sacred Bible…, MDXXXIX [1539]. [archive.org]

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Tyndale W. The Fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis. Marburg?, 1530. [archive.org]

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  Fragment from the book Bauhin C. Theatrum anatomicum (1605). The author writes about the attachment, function, possible elongation and damage of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). Lameness after dislocation is mentioned and its cause is explained. In the margins of the page are references to the works of other authors Vesalius , Laurens , Arch ang ( Archangelo Piccolomini ??? ) . Quote p. 1244. Liber IV. DE LIGAMENTIS OSSIS ILII & sacri et que in toto pede habentur. CAP. XXXIX. Femur, coxendicis articulo duplici ligamento nectitur; altero communi membrane, articulum orbiculatim ambit, quod Græci [ischos], totius articuli nomine vocarunt; quod cætera, articulos ambientia crassitie, duritie, & robore su perat, cum articulus hic corpus totum sustinere & motus validos perferre debuerit. Hoc articulo & femoris ceruici accumbit & solum radici magni processus orbiculatim adnascitur, quo motus capitis ipsius femoris non impediantur. Alterum ipsius ligamentum teres...

Great Compilation. Chapter 41

  English version of the article:  Архипов СВ. Книга Берешит как великая компиляция текстов и смыслов Второго переходного периода Египта: пилотная культурологическая, медицинская, археологическая и текстологическая экспертиза преданий против традиционной атрибуции. Введение.  О круглой связке бедра . 14.02.2026 .  The text in Russian is available at the following link:  2026АрхиповСВ .    The Book of Genesis as a Great Compilation of Texts and Meanings from the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt: A Pilot Culturological, Medical, Archaeological, and Textological Examination of the Legends versus Traditional Attribution.  Chapter 41   By Sergey V. Arkhipov, MD, PhD   CONTENT [i]   Abstract [ii]   Book of Genesis. Chapter 41 Analysis [iii]   Notes to Chapter 41 [iv]   AI Agent's Conclusion [v]   Content [vi]   External links [vii]   Application [i]   Abstract The Book of Genesis (Bereshith) was compo...

Human LCF intersection

HUMAN LCF INTERSECTION In the south of China, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the archaeological Neolithic site of Dingsishan was investigated. Burials of 355 people were found in this place. The authors of the article (2024YeZ_LiFJ) identified 91 skeletons with traces of manipulations with the remains. They are attributed to burials of the Dingsishan III-IV phase, aged 8.0-4.5 thousand years. 13 notches were found on the proximal part of various femurs. « Cutmarks on the femoral head, neck and intertrochanteric line, as well as along the medial linea aspera of the femoral shaft, suggest that soft tissue around the hip, including the iliofemoral ligament and the iliacus and adductor muscles, was severed to disarticulate the joint.» This and other postmortem bone injuries «... suggests that corpse treatment at Dingsishan included disarticulation » (2024YeZ_LiFJ).  Figure 4 of the cited article shows the distribution and direction of cutmarks on human skeletons from Dingx...

THE OLDEST LCF

  The very first four-legged animal, the lobe-finned fish Tiktaalik roseae, lived about 375 million years ago. Based on indirect evidence (paired notches of the acetabulum), we believe that in the hip joint it had two ligaments of the head of femur, in Latin called ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). A similar anatomy of the hip joint is preserved in the salamander. Illustration Tiktaalik roseae is the first animal to have a LCF A) 3D model of the right pelvic bone of the fish Tiktaalik roseae (fragment of a screenshot:  media.hhmi.org ), where we depicted the dissected anterior LCF (lig.cap.fem.ant.) and posterior LCF (lig.cap.fem.post.), that are attached to the corresponding notches of the acetabulum ( inc.ac.ant. & inc.ac.post.).  Below the pelvis is a photograph of our model of the Tiktaalik roseae femur with fragments of two LCFs (a fossil femur of Tiktaalik roseae has not yet been discovered). B) View of a salamander femur with a proximal fragment of the ilia...

Hip disarticulation of the human

  Hip disarticulation of the human Hip disarticulation of the human. Postmortem surgery with transection of the LCF in humans 15-12.5 thousand years ago. Presumably, the first postmortem arthrotomy of the hip joint with disarticulation was performed in Morocco 15.000-12.500 years ago. This is confirmed by multiple cuts on the femoral neck of a man from the burial of Taf V-18 ( Taforalt Iberomaurusian necropolis ). «T he cuts on the femoral neck were produced by severing the ligaments of the articular capsula in order to disarticulate the bone from the pelvis. There are no pelvic bones in the grave.» ( 2016MariottiV_CondemiS:Fig.2 ). We counted more than a dozen longitudinal, fairly deep cuts in the middle part of the femoral neck. Their length varies from about two to ten millimeters and occupies a surface of 1 cm along the length of the femoral neck and 2 cm in width. The mentioned cuts on the cortical plate and the absence of pelvic bones in the burial are evidence of the disarti...

911-612bcK2453

  Fragment of the text of clay tablet K 2453 (Nineveh; ca. 911-612 BC; maybe 5000-4000 BC). A recommendation for a ritual or magical act may mention the sheep's ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). See our commentary at the link: 911-612bcK2453 [Rus]. Quote [Akk] Clay tablet К 2453 (original source: photo  by Ashurbanipal Library Project   cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de , text: 1906 ThompsonRC , plate. 12). Translation [Eng] Clay tablet К 2453 (reverse ) 42. (if a man’s leg is affected) SA ÚR UDU.NITÁ ša GÙB teleqqe you take the sinew from the left thigh of a sheep ( original source: 1992RothMT , p. 312). ( original source:  Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative   cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de )  External links Clay tablet; CT 23, pl. 05-14, K 02453 + (P365736). Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), Neo-Assyrian period (ca. 911-612 BC). [ cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de , ebl.lmu.de ] Thompson RC. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.  P...

Vertebrates

VERTEBRATES According to the molecular clock, a specific method for dating phylogenetic events, vertebrates (Vertebrata) separated from arthropods (Arthropoda) 976±97 Ma (2004HedgesSB_ShoeJL). The latter began to dominate in species diversity with the Cambrian burst of radiation, which occurred 520 Ma (2010EdgecombeGD). This ratio in the fauna of the Earth is still preserved. Approximately 525 Ma, the phylum Chordates separated from the group of bilaterally symmetrical animals (1995ChenJY_ZhouGQ). In turn, the evolution of chordate organisms led to the formation of the first vertebrates at least 500 Ma, from which the jawed mouths 450-400 Ma descended, becoming the ancestors of the placoderms or "armored" fish (Placodermi) (1979 НаумовНП _ КарташевНН ). Sculptural reconstruction of the placoderm Coccosteus from the order Arthrodires, Middle Devonian, 393.3-382.7  Ma ; exposition of the Orlov Paleontological Museum (Moscow); photo by the author. The first cartilaginou...

80-58bcApollonius Citiensis

  Fragment from the treatise Apollonius Citiensis Commentary on the Hippocrates’ book On Joints ( Περὶ αρθρων π ραγματεὶα , 80-58 BC). The author notes the possibility of damage to the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) during hip dislocation. See our commentary at the link: 80-58bcApollonius Citiensis [Rus], and  2020ArkhipovSV_ProlyginaIV . Quote. [Grc] Περὶ αρθρων π ραγματεὶα . Βιβλιον γ ʹ . (original source:  1965KolleschJ_KudlienF, pp. 86, 88) Translation [Eng] Commentary On Joints ( Commentary on the Hippocrates’ book On Joints). Book 3. If the dislocated and displaced hip could not remain in place, then the physician [Hippocrates] would have clearly indicated the incurability of this case, so that we would not be led astray. Don't those who hold the opposite opinion know about the nature of joints, ligaments and the teachings about these things in general? After all, the physician considered the cause of the mild or, on the contrary, complex displacement and ...

1176-1178(a)Rambam

  Fragments from the book Rambam. Mishneh Torah. Sefer Shofetim, Negative Mitzvot (1176-1178). The treatise Mishneh Torah – legal code, work of Jewish law, its parts Sefer Shofetim (Kings and Wars) and Negative Mitzvot ( Negative Commandments ) was written between about 1176-1178 years in Egypt ( 1sefaria.org , 2sefaria.org ). The author mentions the pathology of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF, גיד) in humans and points out the presence of this structure in animals.  See our commentary at the link:   1176-1178(a)Rambam [Rus]. Quote 1. [Heb] Mishneh Torah. Sefer Shofetim, 9.1 (original source:  sefaria.org ) Quote 2. [Heb] Mishneh Torah. Negative Mitzvot, 183 (original source:  sefaria.org ) Translation Quote 1. [Eng] Mishneh Torah. Laws of Kings and Wars (The Book of Judges ) , 9.1-3 9.1 Adam, the first man, was commanded with six commandments: 1) idolatry, 2) “blessing” (euphemistically) the Name (of G-d), 3) murder, 4) illicit sexual relations, 5) thievery...