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You shall be circumcisedוּנְמַלְתֶּםin the fleshאֵת בְּשַׂרof your foreskin,עָרְלַתְכֶםand it will beוְהָיָהa signלְאוֹתof the covenantבְּרִיתbetween meבֵּינִיand you.וּבֵינֵיכֶם
Genesis 17:11
Study it in the app“You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 17:11, word by word
- You shall be circumcisedנְמַלְתֶּםnemaltem
be circumcised
Be lopped off; have the foreskin removed.
Where else “nemaltem” appears- in the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of your foreskinעָרְלַתְarlat
foreskin
The skin cut in circumcision.
Where else “arlat” appears- and it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears
The context
10This is my covenant which you will keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 · This verse (above)
12At the age of eight days every male among you shall be circumcised throughout your generations, the one born in the house and the one bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
To study Genesis 17 in a group
1. What it says
What new names did Abram and Sarai receive, and what did Elohim promise Abraham (vv. 5, 15-16)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s plan that Abram becomes Abraham, “father of a multitude of nations” (v. 5)?
3. How I live it
What helps you remember each day what Elohim has said about you and your life?