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Genesis 17:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.


Genesis 17:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:248 words
וְאַבְרָהָםwəʾavərāhāmAnd Abraham
בֶּןbenSon
תִּשְׁעִיםtišəʿîmNinety
וָתֵשַׁעwātēšaʿAnd nine
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּהִמֹּלוֹbəhimōlwōIn cut
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
עָרְלָתוֹʿārəlātwōPrepuce
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וְאַבְרָהָםwəʾavərāhāmAnd Abraham
בֶּןbenSon
תִּשְׁעִיםtišəʿîmNinety
וָתֵשַׁעwātēšaʿAnd nine
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּהִמֹּלוֹbəhimōlwōIn cut
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
עָרְלָתוֹʿārəlātwōPrepuce

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