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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. (KJV)
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וּבֶן\־u.ven-and a son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: aged
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 7:6, Genesis 11:10, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121L; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 1
שְׁמֹנַ֣תshe.mo.Nateight
Lemma: שְׁמֹנֶה (she.mo.neh) · Strong's: H8083
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)
Meaning: eight
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8083; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 2
יָמִ֗יםya.Mimdays
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 3
יִמּ֥וֹלyi.Molhe will be circumcised
Lemma: מוּל (mul) · Strong's: H4135A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to circumcise
Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 17:10, Genesis 17:11, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4135A; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 4
כָּל\־kol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 5
זָכָ֖רza.Kharmale
Lemma: זָכָר (za.khar) · Strong's: H2145
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: male
Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2145; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 6
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑םle.do.ro.tei.Khemfor generations your
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 7
יְלִ֣ידye.Lidone born of
Lemma: יָלִיד (ya.lid) · Strong's: H3211
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: born
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Leviticus 22:11, Numbers 13:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3211; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 8
בָּ֔יִתBa.yit[the] household
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: household
Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 9
וּמִקְנַת\־u.mik.nat-and a purchase of
Lemma: מִקְנָה (miq.nah) · Strong's: H4736
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: purchase
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 23:18, Exodus 12:44, Leviticus 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4736; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 10
כֶּ֙סֶף֙ke.sefsilver
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 11
מִכֹּ֣לmi.Kolfrom every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 12
בֶּן\־ben-son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: aged
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 7:6, Genesis 11:10, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121L; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 13
נֵכָ֔רne.Kharforeignness
Lemma: נֵכָר (ne.khar) · Strong's: H5236
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: foreign
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 17:27, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 12:43, Leviticus 22:25, Deuteronomy 31:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5236; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 14
אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.Sherwho
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 15
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 16
מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖mi.zar.'a.Kha[is] one of offspring your
Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: seed: children
Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 17
הֽוּא\׃Hu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 17:12 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Generation after generation | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
| every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| male | → | זָכָר H2145 male |
| must be circumcised | → | מוּל H4135A to circumcise |
| when he is eight | → | שְׁמֹנֶה H8083 eight |
| days old | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| including those born | → | יָלִיד H3211 born |
| in your household | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household |
| and those purchased | → | מִקְנָה H4736 purchase |
| . . . | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| from a | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | בֵּן H1121L son: aged |
| foreigner | → | נֵכָר H5236 foreign |
| even those | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| are not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| your offspring | → | זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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