n. (f.)

1.

a. ḥezk éľľehe wa-fɛ́rirk mes edhéten wa-dí-mɛr wa-ˀédfof wa-ḷaṭ ḳö́ṣafk šího wa-feḳréroʰ ḷe-méḳṣeʰ di-nišímeʰ ‘I slaughtered a cow, removed its extremities, the intestines and the rib cage, and then I cut the articulation of the spinal column between the neck and back segments’ (CSOL I 25:13)

2.

b. ḷaḷ tegodíḥin di-ri di-ṭíyoʰ tebóḷeg e-nhɔfk ḷe-méḳṣeʰ ˁasέ tö́ṣam ‘When you reach the top, hurl yourself down, maybe you will die’ (CSOL I 25:13)

Only the anatomic meaning is attested in the Vienna corpus (LS 381).

íto ménhi méḳṣeʰ ‘I had no strength (lit. my joint was weak)’ (Bulakh 2024:143)