Exodus

Exodus 4:25

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.

Footnotes

  • g 4:25 Hebrew his feet

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
But Zipporahצִפֹּרָ֜הṣip·pō·rāhNoun - proper - feminine singularH6855 Tsipporah
tookוַתִּקַּ֨חwat·tiq·qaḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH3947 take
a flint knifeצֹ֗רṣōrNoun - masculine singularH6864 flint
cut offוַתִּכְרֹת֙wat·tiḵ·rōṯConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH3772 cut off, cut down
her son’sבְּנָ֔הּbə·nāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1121 son
foreskinעָרְלַ֣ת‘ā·rə·laṯNoun - feminine singular constructH6190 foreskin
and touched itוַתַּגַּ֖עwat·tag·ga‘Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH5060 touch, reach, strike
toלְרַגְלָ֑יוlə·raḡ·lāwPreposition-l; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singularH7272 foot
Surelyכִּ֧יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
youאַתָּ֖ה’at·tāhPronoun - second person masculine singularH859 thou
a bridegroomחֲתַן־ḥă·ṯan-Noun - masculine singular constructH2860 daughter's husband, bride-groom
of bloodדָּמִ֛יםdā·mîmNoun - masculine pluralH1818 blood
to meלִֽי׃lîPreposition; first person common singular
she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרwat·tō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH559 utter, say

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

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