Genesis 17:11

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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.	And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.	And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall circumcise^H5243 the flesh^H1320 of your foreskin^H6190; and it shall be a token^H226 of the covenant^H1285 betwixt me and you.

Original Hebrew

וּנְמַלְתֶּם אֵת בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם וְהָיָה לְאֹות בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/נְמַלְתֶּ֕ם	u./ne.mal.Tem	H5243	HC/VNq2mp	and/ you will be circumcised
אֵ֖ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּשַׂ֣ר	be.Sar	H1320	HNcmsc	(the) flesh of
עָרְלַתְ/כֶ֑ם	'a.re.lat./Khem	H6190	HNcfsc/Sp2mp	foreskin/ your
וְ/הָיָה֙	ve./ha.Yah	H1961	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ it will become
לְ/א֣וֹת	le./'ot	H226	HR/Ncbsc	(into)/ a sign of
בְּרִ֔ית	be.Rit	H1285	HNcfsa	(the) covenant
בֵּינִ֖/י	bei./Ni	H996	HR/Sp1cs	between/ me
וּ/בֵינֵי/כֶֽם	u./vei.nei./Khem	H996	HC/R/Sp2mp	and/ between/ you

Strong's References

H226 — אוֹת (ʼôwth, oth): probably from אוּת (ʼûwth) H225 (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.; mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (bârâh) H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא (bârâʼ) H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר (bâsar) H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
H5243 — נָמַל (nâmal, naw-mal'): a primitive root; to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised; (branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.
H6190 — עׇרְלָה (ʻorlâh, or-law'): feminine of עָרֵל (ʻârêl) H6189; the prepuce; foreskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין (bîyn) H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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Related Topics

Thompson Chain: TOKENS, DIVINE
Torrey’s: CHURCH OF ISRAEL; CIRCUMCISION; COVENANT, THE; JEWS, THE
Nave’s: ABRAHAM; CHILDREN; CIRCUMCISION; COVENANT; SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES; TOKEN

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