The meaning of “מוּל”
Understanding mûwl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs. - to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically...
מוּל
circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs. - to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise) - by implication, to blunt - figuratively, to destroy 1) to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off 1a) (Qal) to circumcise 1b) (Niphal) to be circumcised, circumcise oneself 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be circumcised 1c1) of destruction (fig.) 1d) (Hithpolel) to be cut off 1e) (Polel) cut down
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 17:26 | “In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.” Word: מוּל (mûwl) | |
| Exodus 12:48 | “And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.” Word: מוּל (mûwl) | |
| Leviticus 12:3 | “And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” Word: מוּל (mûwl) | |
| Deuteronomy 30:6 | “And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.” Word: מוּל (mûwl) | |
| Joshua 5:5 | “Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.” Word: מוּל (mûwl) |
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