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Its bonesעֲצָמָיוare tubesאֲפִיקֵיof bronze,נְחוּשָׁהits limbsגְּרָמָיוlike a barכִּמְטִילof iron.בַּרְזֶל
Job 40:18
Study it in the app“Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like a bar of iron.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 40:18, word by word
- Its bonesעֲצָמָיatsamay
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsamay” appears- are tubesאֲפִיקֵיafike
tube
What is hard and resistant, like a shield or a mighty warrior.
Where else “afike” appears- of bronzeנְחוּשָׁהnechusha
bronze, copper
Bronze or copper.
Where else “nechusha” appears- its limbsגְּרָמָיgeramay
bone
The hard part of the body.
Where else “geramay” appears- like a barמְטִילmetil
bar
A bar of wrought iron. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 40:18).
Where else “metil” appears- of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears
The context
17It bends its tail like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
18 · This verse (above)
19It is the beginning of the ways of El; its Maker brings near his sword.