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Genesis 17:24 Interlinear

“And Abraham old was ninety and nine years when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin”

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Genesis 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם	H85	And Abraham	abraham, the later name of abram
2	בֶּן	H1121	old	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
3	תִּשְׁעִ֥ים	H8673	was ninety	ninety
4	וָתֵ֖שַׁע	H8672	and nine	nine or (ordinal) ninth
5	שָׁנָ֑ה	H8141	years	a year (as a revolution of time)
6	בְּהִמֹּל֖וֹ	H4135	when he was circumcised	to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
7	בְּשַׂ֥ר	H1320	in the flesh	flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
8	עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃	H6190	of his foreskin	the prepuce

Genesis 17:24 (current)And Abraham old was ninety and nine years when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin