Genesis 17:13:2Gen.17.13.W2TAB
יִמּ֛וֹל
yimmol
“shall be circumcised”
- Transliteration
- yim-MOL
- Extended
- yihm-MOHL
- IPA
- /jim.ˈmoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be circumcised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yim-MOL
- phraseyour reading level
him-MOL yim-MOL
- clause
him-MOL yim-MOL ye-LID beit-KHA u-mik-NAT kas-PE-kha
- sentence
him-MOL yim-MOL ye-LID beit-KHA u-mik-NAT kas-PE-kha ve-ha-ye-TA ve-ri-TI biv-sar-KHEM liv-RIT o-LAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic pair himmol {הִמּוֹל | him-mōl} ‘he must be circumcised’ and yimol {יִמּוֹל | yim-mōl} ‘he must be circumcised again,’ where the doubled Niphal imperfect intensifies obligation.
Root and etymology
m-w-lMem–Vav–Lamed
“to circumcise, to cut”
In context — Genesis 17:13
The one born in your house and the one purchased with your silver must surely be circumcised, and My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 17:13, so the Hebrew word יִמּ֛וֹל (yimmol) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.17.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.13.W2.S1) and character.