Job 19:20:4Job.19.20.W4TAB
עַצְמִ֑י
atsmi
“my bone”
- Transliteration
- ats-MI
- Extended
- ahts-mih
- IPA
- /ʕatsˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my bone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ats-MI
- 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 predicate davqah {דָּבְקָה | dāḇəqāh} ‘clung’ appears in the feminine singular, creating a discordant agreement with atzmi {עַצְמִי | ʿaṣmî} ‘my bone’; in poetic Hebrew this can occur as a stylistic or idiomatic feature, while still communicating the vivid image of bone pressed tight against the body.
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 19:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 19:20, so the Hebrew word עַצְמִ֑י (atsmi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.20.W4.S1) and character.