Spychalski J, painting, Jacob wrestling with the angel (1946). Depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) injury based on the description in the Book of Genesis:
25 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.26 And when he saw that he could not pre vail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him.…33 Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that shrank. (1922LeeserI, Genesis (Bereshit) 32:25-26,33)
More about the plot in our work: Ninth month, eleventh day (2024АрхиповСВ. Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день).
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| Jan Spychalski – Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1946); original in the malarze.com collection (CC0 – public domain, color correction). |
External links
Leeser I. The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, on the basis of the English version after the best Jewish authorities and supplied with short explanatory notes by Isaac Leeser. New York: Bloch Pub. Co., 1922. archive.org
Архипов С.В. Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день: Рассуждение о XXXII главе книги Бытие; 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. Йоэнсуу: Издание Автора, 2024. Google Play , Google Books
Authors & Affiliations
Jan Spychalski (1893-1946) was a Polish painter. wikipedia.org
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, image, damage, injury, mechanism, illustration, Bible