וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת

   u-ven-she-mo-NAT

   and a child of eight
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים

   u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM

   and a child of eight days
3. clause🔊 וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם

   u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM

   and a child of eight days be circumcised among you every male throughout your generations
4. sentence🔊 וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא׃

   u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU

   and a child of eight days be circumcised among you every male throughout your generations born in the house and bought with money from every son of a foreigner who is not of your offspring he

Exegesis

The verse begins with the construct chain uven shemonat yamim {וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים | û-ḇen-šə-mō-nat yā-mîm} ‘a son of eight days’, functioning adverbially to specify age.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ב־ןbet nun

“son”

• 🔊 בָּנִיםba-nîmsonsGenesis 6:2