Exodus 4:25
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁנַן
shânan
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →שָׁנַן shânan
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
Study H8150 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →Cross References
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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