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(prop. òåֹø , or, so called, perhaps, from its nudity; once âֶּìֶã , geled, so called from its smoothness [Job_16:15]; once improperly for áָּùָׂø , basar [Psa_102:5], flesh, as elsewhere rendered; äÝñìá ), the cuticle of man (Exo_34:29; Lev_13:2; Job_7:5, etc.), or the hide of an animal (Job 40:31); the latter chiefly as taken off (Gen_3:21; Gen_27:16; Lev_4:10; Lev_7:8), also as prepared or wrought into leather (Lev_11:32; Lev_13:48; Num_31:20). So in the plur. (Exo_26:14; Exo_39:34). For the tachash-skins (Num_4:8; Num_11:12), SEE BADGER. For the use of holding water, SEE SKIN BOTTLE. The word in Heb. is poetically put for body (Job_18:13). The phrase “skin for skin” (Job_2:4) means like for like, or what is intimate and dear as the skin. “Skin of the teeth” (Job_19:20) is evidently a proverbial phrase for the barest nothing.