Exodus 4:25

“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!””

Exodus 4:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 4:25, word by word

Then Zipporahצִפֹּרָהtsipora

Zipporah

Zipporah, daughter of the priest of Midian and wife of Moses. The name means "bird".

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tookתִּקַּחtikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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a flintצֹרtsor

flint

Flint: a hard, sharp stone used as a knife.

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and cut offתִּכְרֹתtichrot

cut down

To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.

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the foreskinעָרְלַתarlat

foreskin

The skin cut in circumcision.

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of her sonבְּנָbena

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and touched itתַּגַּעtaga

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

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to his feetרַגְלָיraglay

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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a bridegroomחֲתַןchatan

bridegroom

The man who is marrying or newly married.

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of bloodדָּמִיםdamim

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

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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.

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