e.tsem denotes bodily bones, and in fixed clauses marks “that very day” or expresses shared flesh-and-bone identity.

The term chiefly identifies physical bones: remains carried, buried, burned, scattered, or depicted within a body. In several singular construct occurrences, it occurs in the clause rendered “on that very day,” and it also appears in statements of shared “bone and flesh.”

1. Physical bones and bodily remains · dominant

   Plural forms identify bodily remains in actions involving transport and burial: in Exodus 13:19 the APB renders Moses taking Joseph’s “bones” with him, and in 2 Samuel 21:14 it renders the burial of Saul’s and Jonathan’s bones. The term also occurs where bones are burned, scattered, or seen as remains, as in 2 Kings 23:16, Ezekiel 6:5, and Ezekiel 39:15.

   Exodus 13:192 Samuel 21:142 Kings 23:16Ezekiel 6:5Ezekiel 39:15Ezekiel 37:1
2. The precise day of an event · occasional

   A singular construct form occurs in date-like clauses. In Exodus 12:41 the APB renders the clause “on that very day” for the departure from Egypt; the same clause-level presentation appears with Abraham’s circumcision in Genesis 17:26 and with the word to Moses in Deuteronomy 32:48.

   Exodus 12:41Genesis 17:26Deuteronomy 32:48Ezekiel 24:2Ezekiel 40:1
3. Shared bodily identity or kinship · rare

   In Genesis 2:23, singular forms occur in the man’s statement “bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh.” In 2 Samuel 5:1 and 2 Samuel 19:13, the APB similarly renders the speakers’ relation to David as “your bone and your flesh” and “my bone and my flesh.”

   Genesis 2:232 Samuel 5:12 Samuel 19:131 Chronicles 11:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the physical use with “bones,” including bones that are buried, burned, or scattered. In the singular construct date clauses it renders “on that very day,” while relationship statements are rendered with “bone and flesh”; these are clause-level renderings rather than word-by-word alignments.