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Genesis 21:4

“And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מוּלmûwl · mool
H4135 · Hebrew

Definition: to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יָּ֤מָל — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:10 Genesis 17:12 Genesis 17:13 Genesis 17:13 Genesis 17:14

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 מוּל here.

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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.