Then Zipporahוַ צִפֹּרָהtookתִּקַּחa flintצֹרand cut offוַתִּכְרֹתthe foreskinאֶת עָרְלַתof her sonבְּנָהּand touched itוַתַּגַּעto his feetלְרַגְלָיוand said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Surelyכִּיa bridegroomחֲתַןof bloodדָּמִיםyou areאַתָּהto me!”לִי
Exodus 4:25
Study it in the app“Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to his feet and said, “Surely a bridegroom of blood you are to me!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:25, word by word
- Then Zipporahצִפֹּרָהtsipora
Zipporah
Zipporah, daughter of the priest of Midian and wife of Moses. The name means "bird".
Where else “tsipora” appears- tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- a flintצֹרtsor
flint
Flint: a hard, sharp stone used as a knife.
Where else “tsor” appears- and cut offתִּכְרֹתtichrot
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “tichrot” appears- the foreskinעָרְלַתarlat
foreskin
The skin cut in circumcision.
Where else “arlat” appears- of her sonבְּנָbena
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears- and touched itתַּגַּעtaga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “taga” appears- to his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- a bridegroomחֲתַןchatan
bridegroom
The man who is marrying or newly married.
Where else “chatan” appears- of bloodדָּמִיםdamim
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “damim” appears
The context
24On the way, at the lodging place, YHWH met him and sought to put him to death.
25 · This verse (above)
26So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.