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Genesis 34:15

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And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:	But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;	Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But in this^H2063 will we consent^H225 unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male^H2145 of you be circumcised^H4135;

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Original Hebrew

אַךְ־בְּזֹאת נֵאֹות לָכֶם אִם תִּהְיוּ כָמֹנוּ לְהִמֹּל לָכֶם כָּל־זָכָר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַךְ	'akh-	H389	HTa	only
בְּ/זֹ֖את	be./Zot	H2063	HR/Pdxfs	in/ this
נֵא֣וֹת	ne.'ot	H225	HVNi1cp	we will agree
לָ/כֶ֑ם	la./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	to (the)/ you
אִ֚ם	'im	H518	HC	if
תִּהְי֣וּ	tih.Yu	H1961	HVqi2mp	you will be
כָמֹ֔/נוּ	kha.Mo./nu	H3644	HR/Sp1cp	like/ us
לְ/הִמֹּ֥ל	le./hi.Mol	H4135	HR/VNc	by/ being circumcised
לָ/כֶ֖ם	la./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	of/ you
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
זָכָֽר	za.Khar	H2145	HAamsa	male

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

Strong's References

• H225 — אוּת (ʼûwth, ooth): a primitive root; properly, to come, i.e. (implied) to assent; consent.
• H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
• H2145 — זָכָר (zâkâr, zaw-kawr'): from זָכַר; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex); [idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).
• H4135 — מוּל (mûwl, mool): a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy; circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.

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

• H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3644 — כְּמוֹ (kᵉmôw, kem-o'): or כָּמוֹ; (compare כֵּן); a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so; according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.

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