Lexicon
נָחוּשׁ
na.chush
H5153
H:A Hebrew

bronze

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na.chush describes flesh rhetorically compared with bronze in Job 6:12.

The attested use describes bronze as the comparison point in a question contrasting the speaker's flesh with an unyielding material.

Senses in use

  1. Bronze in a comparison of flesh · dominant

    In Job 6:12, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the question contrasting strength with stones and flesh with bronze; the APB renders the clause, "or is my flesh bronze?"

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 6:12, the APB presents the comparison as "is my flesh bronze?" This wording confirms the verse's comparison without isolating every contribution of the Hebrew form.

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