Job 19:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
דָּבַק
dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
עוֹר
ʻôwr
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
מָלַט
mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young...
עוֹר
ʻôwr
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
שֵׁן
shên
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבַק dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Study H1692 →עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →מָלַט mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Study H4422 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
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