Genesis 17:25:8Gen.17.25.W8TAB
בְּשַׂ֥ר
besar
“in flesh of”
- Transliteration
- be-SAR
- Extended
- beh-SAHR
- IPA
- /bə.ˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- in flesh of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
be-SAR or-la-TO
- clause
be-him-mo-LO ET be-SAR or-la-TO
- sentence
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO ben-she-LOSH es-RE sha-NA be-him-mo-LO ET be-SAR or-la-TO
Exegesis
The particle et {אֵ֖ת | ʾēt} marks the direct object, the construct phrase be-sar or-la-to {בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ | bə-śar ʿor-lā-tô}, “the flesh of his foreskin,” a conventional Hebrew idiom for circumcision. English renders the infinitive as a subordinate clause “when he was circumcised” and retains the anatomical specificity to mirror the Hebrew idiom.
Root and etymology
b-s-rbet-sin-resh
“flesh”
In context — Genesis 17:25
Ishmael, his son , was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:25, so the Hebrew word בְּשַׂ֥ר (besar) 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.17.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.25.W8.S1) and character.