Hebrew · H5785, H1320 · unreviewed

בְּעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ

Skin (as naked); by implication, hide , leather · flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

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עוֹר H5785 skin (as naked); by implication, hide , leather
Pronunciation ʿwōr
Skin as the vulnerable, exposed boundary of the body; extends to hides stripped and processed into leather
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בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Pronunciation bāšār
Flesh as the vulnerable human body, emphasizing mortality, kinship, and bodily shame or nakedness.
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What does בְּעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ (bĕʿôr-bĕśārô) mean in the Bible?

עוֹר · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew word meaning "in the skin of his flesh/body".

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Meaning

in the skin of his flesh/body
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