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Genesis 17:11
“And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָמַלnâmal · naw-mal'
H5243 · Hebrew
H5243 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- נְמַלְתֶּ֕ם — verb Niphal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 14:2Job 18:16Job 24:24Psalms 37:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָמַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.