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My boneעַצְמִיclingsדָּבְקָהto my skinבְּעוֹרִיand to my flesh,וּבִבְשָׂרִיand I have escapedוָאֶתְמַלְּטָהby the skinבְּעוֹרof my teeth.שִׁנָּי
Job 19:20
Study it in the app“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:20, word by word
- My boneעַצְמִatsmi
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmi” appears- clingsדָּבְקָהdavka
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “davka” appears- to my skinעוֹרִori
skin, leather
Skin, hide; leather.
Where else “ori” appears- and to my fleshבְשָׂרִvesari
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesari” appears- and I have escapedאֶתְמַלְּטָetmalta
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “etmalta” appears- of my teethשִׁנָּshina
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shina” appears
Translation note
“By the skin of my teeth”: a saying of uncertain sense; perhaps “with almost nothing,” “by very little.”
The context
19All the men of my intimate counsel abhor me, and these whom I loved have turned against me.
20 · This verse (above)
21Show me favor, show me favor, you my companions, for the hand of Eloah has touched me.