Exodus 4:26

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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.	So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the circumcision.	And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So he let him go^H7503: then she said^H559, A bloody^H1818 husband^H2860 thou art, because of the circumcision^H4139.

Original Hebrew

וַיִּרֶף מִמֶּנּוּ אָז אָמְרָה חֲתַן דָּמִים לַמּוּלֹת׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּ֖רֶף	va/i.Yi.ref	H7503	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he withdrew
מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ	mi.Me./nu	H4480	HR/Sp1cp	from/ him
אָ֚ז	'az	H227	HD	then
אָֽמְרָ֔ה	'a.me.Rah	H559	HVqp3fs	she said
חֲתַ֥ן	cha.Tan	H2860	HNcmsc	a bridegroom of
דָּמִ֖ים	da.Mim	H1818	HNcmpa	blood(s)
לַ/מּוּלֹֽת	la./mu.Lot	H4139	HRd/Ncfpa	to the/ circumcision

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); 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); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
H2860 — חָתָן (châthân, khaw-thawn'): from חָתַן; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal); bridegroom, husband, son in law.
H4139 — מוּלָה (mûwlâh, moo-law'): from מוּל; circumcision; circumcision.
H7503 — רָפָה (râphâh, raw-faw'): a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative); abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See רָפָא.

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

H227 — אָז (ʼâz, awz): a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore; beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.
H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): Exodus 18:2

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