Job 19:20:2Job.19.20.W2TAB
וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי
uvivsari
“and to my flesh”
- Transliteration
- u-vi-vsa-RI
- Extended
- oo-vih-vehs-aa-REE
- IPA
- /uːviv.saːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to my flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
u-vi-vsa-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
consonantsbet–sin–resh
“flesh”
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 19:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:20, so the Hebrew word וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי (uvivsari) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.20.W2.S1) and character.