What Does Genesis 17:14 Mean?

“And the uncircumcised”

properly, exposed, i.e., projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e., still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

“man child”

properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

“whose”

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“is not circumcised”

to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“flesh”

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

“of his foreskin”

the prepuce

“shall be cut off”

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt

“that soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“from his people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

“he hath broken”

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate