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 17:23 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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