Genesis 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.”

Genesis 17:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:1219 words

וּבֶןûvenAnd son

שְׁמֹנַתšəmōnatEight

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

יִמּוֹלyimwōlCut

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

כָּלkālWhole

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםlədōrōtêḵemTo revolution

יְלִידyəlîdBorn

בָּיִתbāyitA house

וּמִקְנַתûmiqənatAnd buying

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole

בֶּןbenSon

נֵכָרnēḵārForeign

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

מִזַּרְעֲךָmizarəʿăḵāFrom seed

הוּאhûʾHe

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

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