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Genesis 17:11 Interlinear

“And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a token of the covenant ”

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Genesis 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם	H5243	And ye shall circumcise	to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
2	אֵ֖ת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3	בְּשַׂ֣ר	H1320	the flesh	flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
4	עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם	H6190	of your foreskin	the prepuce
5	וְהָיָה֙	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6	לְא֣וֹת	H226	and it shall be a token	a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
7	בְּרִ֔ית	H1285	of the covenant	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
8	בֵּינִ֖י	H996		between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
9	וּבֵֽינֵיכֶֽם׃	H996		between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

Genesis 17:11 (current)And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a token of the covenant