Genesis 17:24 Go deeper

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (KJV)

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וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔םve.'Av.ra.Hamand Abraham

Lemma: אַבְרָהָם (av.ra.ham) · Strong's: H0085

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Abraham

Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:18, Genesis 17:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0085; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 1

בֶּן\־ben-[was] 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 17:24 word 2

תִּשְׁעִ֥יםtish.'Imninety

Lemma: תִּשְׁעִים (tish.im) · Strong's: H8673

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)

Meaning: ninety

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 5:9, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:30, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:17, 1 Samuel 4:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8673; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 3

וָתֵ֖שַׁעva.Te.sha'and nine

Lemma: תֵּ֫שַׁע (te.sah) · Strong's: H8672

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: nine

Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:14, Genesis 5:20, Genesis 5:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8672; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 4

שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 5

בְּהִמֹּל֖וֹbe.hi.mo.Lowhen was circumcised he

Lemma: מוּל (mul) · Strong's: H4135A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)

Meaning: to circumcise

Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 17:10, Genesis 17:11, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4135A; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 6

בְּשַׂ֥רbe.Sar[the] flesh of

Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320

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

Meaning: flesh

Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 7

עָרְלָתֽוֹ\׃a.re.la.Toforeskin his

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 17:25, Genesis 34:14, Exodus 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6190H; TAHOT Genesis 17:24 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

So Abraham	→	אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham
was ninety-nine	→	תִּשְׁעִים H8673 ninety
. . .	→	תֵּ֫שַׁע H8672 nine
years old	→	בֵּן H1121L son: aged
. . .	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
when he was circumcised	→	מוּל H4135A to circumcise

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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