עָרַק ʻâraq

Meaning

to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole); also (participle) a pain

In the King James Version: fleeing, sinew.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Job 30:3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
• Job 30:17 Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.