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My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. (KJV)

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בִּלָּ֤הbi.Lahhe has made to waste away

Lemma: בָּלָה (ba.lah) · Strong's: H1086

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to become old

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Deuteronomy 8:4, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 9:13, 1 Chronicles 17:9, Nehemiah 9:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1086; TAHOT Lamentations 3:4 word 1

בְשָׂרִי֙ve.sa.Riflesh 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 Lamentations 3:4 word 2

וְעוֹרִ֔יve.'o.Riand 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 Lamentations 3:4 word 3

שִׁבַּ֖רshi.Barhe has broken

Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to break

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Lamentations 3:4 word 4

עַצְמוֹתָֽי\׃atz.mo.Taibones my

Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

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 Lamentations 3:4 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He has worn away	→	בָּלָה H1086 to become old
my flesh	→	בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh
and skin	→	עוֹר H5785 skin
He has shattered	→	שָׁבַר H7665 to break
my bones	→	עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone

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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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