Strong's Concordance
Original word: שְׁחוֹר
Transliteration: shechor
Definition (short): soot
Definition (full): dinginess, soot
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from shachar
Definition: blackness
NASB Translation: soot (1).
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References
KJV:
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
NASB:
Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.