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Genesis 17:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.


Genesis 17:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:2329 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾet
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
וְאֵתwəʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
יְלִידֵיyəlîdêBorn
בֵיתוֹvêtwōA house
וְאֵתwəʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
מִקְנַתmiqənatBuying
כַּסְפּוֹkasəpwōSilver
כָּלkālWhole
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
בְּאַנְשֵׁיbəʾanəšêIn man
בֵּיתbêtA house
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיָּמָלwayāmālAnd cut
אֶתʾet
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
עָרְלָתָםʿārəlātāmPrepuce
בְּעֶצֶםbəʿeṣemIn bone
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
יְלִידֵיyəlîdêBorn
בֵיתוֹvêtwōA house
וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
מִקְנַתmiqənatBuying
כַּסְפּוֹkasəpwōSilver
כָּלkālWhole
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
בְּאַנְשֵׁיbəʾanəšêIn man
בֵּיתbêtA house
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיָּמָלwayāmālAnd cut
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
עָרְלָתָםʿārəlātāmPrepuce
בְּעֶצֶםbəʿeṣemIn bone
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

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