גִּיד

Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.