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title: עוֹר — skin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עוֹר (5785), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 99 times: skin. BDB 1906: n.m. skin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עוֹר

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«עוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **skin** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 99 times · **Key:** 5785 · **BDB:** עוֹר

### Glosses

skin (41); the.skin (12); hide (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

skin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5785/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. skin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5785/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 7:5 skin (NH id.; Ph. ערת Lzb 346);—ע׳ abs. Gn 3:21 +, cstr. Ex 34:29 +; sf. עֹרוֹ 29:14 +, עוֹרוֹ Je 13:23, עֹרָהּ Nu 19:5, etc.; pl. cstr. עֹרֹת Gn 27:16 +, עוֹרֹת Ex 39:34, sf. עֹרֹתָם Lv 16:27;—skin: of men (55 times), שׂמְלָתוֹ לְעֹרוֹ Ex 22:26 (E), ע׳ פָּנָיו 34:29, 30 cf. v 35 (all P); (dark) skin of Cushite Je 13:23; v. also Ez 37:6, 8 La 3:8 Jb 7:5; 10:11 +; in hyperb. Mi 3:2, 3; עוֹר שִׁנָּ֑י Jb 19:20b the skin of my teeth, i.e. gums (si vera l.); also Lv 13:2 + 33 times Lv 13 (P), in tests for leprosy (v. especially ע׳־בְּשָׂרוֹ v 2(×2), 3, 4, 11, cf. v 3, 38, 39, 43); עוֹר בְּעַד עוֹר Jb 2:4 skin in behalf of, for, skin, appar. proverb. phrase of barter, = everything has its price (on varieties of interpr. v. Comm.). hide of animals (44 times), always—except Jb 40:31—after skinning: Gn 27:16 (J); of sacrif. victims Ex 29:14 Lv 4:11 + 5 times (all P); prepared for use (by some process of tanning, cf. NowArch. i. 242), sometimes = leather: material of garments Gn 3:21 (J), girdle 2 K 1:8, any article Lv 11:32; 13:48 ff; Nu 31:20 (P); covering of tabern. Ex 25:5(×2) + 10 times Ex 26, 35, 36, 39, of ark, sacred utensils, etc., Nu 4:6 + 5 times Nu 4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5785/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.13/)

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יֹ֭אכַל בַּדֵּ֣י עוֹר֑וֹ יֹאכַ֥ל בַּ֝דָּ֗יו בְּכ֣וֹר מָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* it.consumes the.parts his.skin his it.consumes parts his \[the\].firstborn of.death

*JPS 1917:* It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

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[Lamentations 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.4/)

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בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

*Word for word:* he.has.made.to.waste.away flesh my and skin my he.has.broken bones my

*JPS 1917:* My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.

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