Job 19:20:6Job.19.20.W6TAB
בְּע֣וֹר
beor
“by the skin of”
- Transliteration
- be-OR
- Extended
- beh-OHR
- IPA
- /bəˈʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the skin of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-OR
- phraseyour reading level
be-OR shi-NAI
- clause
va-et-mal-TA be-OR shi-NAI
- sentence
be-o-RI u-vi-vsa-RI dav-KA ats-MI va-et-mal-TA be-OR shi-NAI
Exegesis
The closing phrase be'or shinay {בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי | bəʿôr šinnāy} ‘with the skin of my teeth’ functions as an idiom for a near miss; English can preserve the idiom to retain the sharp, concrete imagery of the Hebrew line.
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 19:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 19:20, so the Hebrew word בְּע֣וֹר (beor) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.20.W6.S1) and character.