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My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. (KJV)
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בְּעוֹרִ֣יbe.'o.Rion skin my
Lemma: עוֹר (or) · Strong's: H5785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: skin
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:16, Exodus 22:27, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14, Exodus 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5785; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 1
וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִיU.viv.sa.riand on flesh my
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 2
דָּבְקָ֣הda.ve.Kahit clings
Lemma: דָּבַק (da.vaq) · Strong's: H1692
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to cleave
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 34:3, Numbers 36:7, Numbers 36:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1692; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 3
עַצְמִ֑י'atz.Mibone my
Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: bone
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 13:19, Numbers 9:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6106G; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 4
וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗הva.'et.ma.le.Tahand I have escaped !
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVtw1cs)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 5
בְּע֣וֹרbe.'orwith [the] skin of
Lemma: עוֹר (or) · Strong's: H5785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: skin
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:16, Exodus 22:27, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14, Exodus 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5785; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 6
שִׁנָּֽי\׃shi.Naiteeth my
Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: tooth
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 49:12, Exodus 21:24, Exodus 21:27, Leviticus 24:20, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 19:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8127G; TAHOT Job 19:20 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My skin | → | עוֹר H5785 skin |
| and flesh | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| cling | → | דָּבַק H1692 to cleave |
| to my bones | → | עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone |
| I have escaped | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
| by the skin | → | עוֹר H5785 skin |
| of my teeth | → | שֵׁן H8127G tooth |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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