Lexical Definition

‎עוֹר‎ ʻôwr (ore) skin ^H:N-M
from ‎עוּר‎

hide, leather, skin.

• skin (as naked)
• by implication, hide, leather

1) skin, hide
1a) skin (of men)
1b) hide (of animals)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עוֺר‎₉₉ noun masculine^{Job 7:5} skin ( Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎ערת‎ Lzb³⁴⁶); — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Gen 3:21 +, construct Exod 34:29 +; suffix ‎עֹרוֺ‎ Exod 29:14 +, ‎עוֺרוֺ‎ Jer 13:23, ‎עֹרָהּ‎ Num 19:5, etc.; plural construct ‎עֹרֹת‎ Gen 27:16 +, ‎עוֺרֹת‎ Exod 39:34 suffix ‎עֹרֹתָם‎ Lev 16:27 — skin:

1. of men (55 t.), ‎שִׂמְלָתוֺ לְעֹרוֺ‎ Exod 22:26* (E), ‎פָּנָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 34:29; Exod 34:30 compare vExod 34:35 (all P); (dark) skin of Cushite Jer 13:23 see also Ezek 37:6; Ezek 37:8; Lam 3:8; Job 7:5; Job 10:11, +; in hyperbole Mic 3:2; Mic 3:3 ‎עוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י‎ Job 19:20b the skin of my teeth, i.e. gums (si vera lectio); also Lev 13:2 + 33 t. Lev 13 (P), in tests for leprosy (see especially ‎בְּֿשָׂרוֺ‎‎׳‎‎ע‎ vLev 13:2 vLev 13:2 vLev 13:3 vLev 13:4 vLev 13:11, compare vLev 13:3 vLev 13:38 vLev 13:39 vLev 13:43); ‎עוֺר בְּעַד עוֺר‎ Job 2:4 skin in behalf of, for, skin, apparently proverb. phrase of barter, = everything has its price (on varieties of interpretation see Commentaries).

2. hide of animals (44 t.), always — except Job 40:31* — after skinning: Gen 27:16 (J); of sacrifice victims Exod 29:14; Lev 4:11 + 5 t. (all P); prepared for use (by some process of tanning, compare Now^{Archaeology i. 242}), sometimes = leather: material of garments Gen 3:21 (J), girdle 2Kgs 1:8, any article Lev 11:32; Lev 13:48 ff Num 31:20 (P); covering of tabernacle Exod 25:5 (twice in verse) + 10 t. Exod 26; Exod 35; Exod 36; Exod 39, of ark, sacred utensils, etc., Num 4:6 + 5 t. Num 4.

‎עורים‎ Isa 30:6 see ‎עַיִר‎.

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