Job 19:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”

Job 19:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 19:207 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/עוֹרִ֣/יbəʿwōriy

hidepronH5785

leather · skin

וּ֭/בִ/בְשָׂרִ/יwbibəśāriy

bodyconjH1320

(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···

דָּבְקָ֣הdābəqāh

abide fastverbH1692

cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···

עַצְמִ֑/יʿaṣəmiy

bodynounH6106

bone · life · same · strength ···

וָ֝/אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗/הwāʾetəmaləṭāh

deliverconjH4422

escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···

בְּ/ע֣וֹרbəʿwōr

hidepronH5785

leather · skin

שִׁנָּֽ/יšināy

cragnounH8127

forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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