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Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וַתִּקַּ֨חva.ti.Kachand she took

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 1

צִפֹּרָ֜הtzi.po.RahZipporah

Lemma: צִפֹּרָה (tsip.po.rah) · Strong's: H6855

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Zipporah

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 2:21, Exodus 18:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6855; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 2

צֹ֗רTzora flint

Lemma: צֹר (tsor) · Strong's: H6864

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: flint

Used 2 times. Also: Ezekiel 3:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6864; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 3

וַתִּכְרֹת֙va.tikh.Rotand she cut off

Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to cut: cut

Used 52 times. Also: Exodus 34:13, Leviticus 22:24, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 13:23, Numbers 13:24, Deuteronomy 19:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3772G; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 4

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 5

עָרְלַ֣ת'a.re.Lat[the] foreskin of

Lemma: עׇרְלָה (or.lah) · Strong's: H6190H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: foreskin

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 17:11, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:24, Genesis 17:25, Genesis 34:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6190H; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 6

בְּנָ֔הּbe.Nahson her

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 7

וַתַּגַּ֖עva.ta.Ga'and she made [it] touch

Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhw3fs)

Meaning: to touch

Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 8

לְרַגְלָ֑יוle.rag.Lav<to> feet his

Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: foot

Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 9

וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 10

כִּ֧יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 11

חֲתַן\־cha.tan-[are] a bridegroom of

Lemma: חָתָן (cha.tan) · Strong's: H2860

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: son-in-law

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 19:12, Genesis 19:14, Exodus 4:26, Judges 15:6, Judges 19:5, 1 Samuel 18:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2860; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 12

דָּמִ֛יםda.Mimblood<s>

Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: blood

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 13

אַתָּ֖ה'a.Tahyou

Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)

Meaning: you(m.s.)

Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Exodus 4:25 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But Zipporah	→	צִפֹּרָה H6855 Zipporah
took	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
a flint knife	→	צֹר H6864 flint
cut off	→	כָּרַת H3772G to cut: cut
her son’s	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
foreskin	→	עׇרְלָה H6190H foreskin
and touched it	→	נָגַע H5060 to touch
to [Moses’] feet	→	רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot
Surely	→	כִּי H3588A for
you [are]	→	אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.)
a bridegroom	→	חָתָן H2860 son-in-law
of blood	→	דָּם H1818 blood
to me	→
she said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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