Job 19:20:1Job.19.20.W1TAB
בְּעוֹרִ֣י
beori
“to my skin”
- Transliteration
- be-o-RI
- Extended
- beh-oh-REE
- IPA
- /bəʕoːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my skin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-o-RI
- clause
be-o-RI u-vi-vsa-RI dav-KA ats-MI
- sentence
be-o-RI u-vi-vsa-RI dav-KA ats-MI va-et-mal-TA be-OR shi-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with two fronted prepositional phrases, be'ori {בְּעוֹרִי | bəʿôrî} ‘in my skin’ and uvivsari {וּבִבְשָׂרִי | ûḇiḇśārî} ‘and in my flesh’, establishing the bodily setting before naming the subject.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Vav–Resh
“skin, hide”
In context — Job 19:20
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
About this coordinate
Job 19:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 19:20, so the Hebrew word בְּעוֹרִ֣י (beori) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.19.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.20.W1.S1) and character.