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Genesis 17:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.


Genesis 17:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:1415 words
וְעָרֵלwəʿārēlAnd exposed
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יִמּוֹלyimwōlCut
אֶתʾet
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
עָרְלָתוֹʿārəlātwōPrepuce
וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut
הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe breathing creature
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
מֵעַמֶּיהָmēʿameyhāFrom people
אֶתʾet
בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact
הֵפַרhēp̄arBreak up
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעָרֵלwəʿārēlAnd exposed
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יִמּוֹלyimwōlCut
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
עָרְלָתוֹʿārəlātwōPrepuce
וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut
הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe breathing creature
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
מֵעַמֶּיהָmēʿameyhāFrom people
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact
הֵפַרhēp̄arBreak up

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