Exodus

Exodus 4:25–26

²⁵But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet.^g “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

²⁶So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)

Footnotes

g 4:25 Hebrew his feet

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Exodus 4:25

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But Zipporah	צִפֹּרָ֜ה	ṣip·pō·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6855 Tsipporah
took	וַתִּקַּ֨ח	wat·tiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
a flint knife	צֹ֗ר	ṣōr	Noun - masculine singular	H6864 flint
cut off	וַתִּכְרֹת֙	wat·tiḵ·rōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
her son’s	בְּנָ֔הּ	bə·nāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1121 son
foreskin	עָרְלַ֣ת	‘ā·rə·laṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6190 foreskin
and touched it	וַתַּגַּ֖ע	wat·tag·ga‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
to	לְרַגְלָ֑יו	lə·raḡ·lāw	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H7272 foot
Surely	כִּ֧י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you	אַתָּ֖ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
a bridegroom	חֲתַן־	ḥă·ṯan-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2860 daughter's husband, bride-groom
of blood	דָּמִ֛ים	dā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1818 blood
to me	לִֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
she said	וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say

Exodus 4:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	וַיִּ֖רֶף	way·yi·rep̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7503 sink, relax
When	אָ֚ז	’āz	Adverb	H227 at that time, then
she said	אָֽמְרָ֔ה	’ā·mə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
bridegroom	חֲתַ֥ן	ḥă·ṯan	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2860 daughter's husband, bride-groom
of blood	דָּמִ֖ים	dā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1818 blood
she was referring to the circumcision	לַמּוּלֹֽת׃פ	lam·mū·lōṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4139 circumcision

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Exodus 4:25 Joshua 5:2–3 · Genesis 17:14 · 2 Samuel 16:7

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