Genesis 17:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.”

Genesis 17:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:119 words

וּנְמַלְתֶּםûnəmalətemAnd become clipped

אֵתʾēt—

בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh

עָרְלַתְכֶםʿārəlatəḵemPrepuce

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

לְאוֹתləʾwōtTo signal

בְּרִיתbərîtCompact

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּנְמַלְתֶּםûnəmalətemAnd become clipped

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh

עָרְלַתְכֶםʿārəlatəḵemPrepuce

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

לְאוֹתləʾwōtTo signal

בְּרִיתbərîtCompact

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between

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