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title: מוּל — circumcise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּל (4135), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: circumcise. BDB 1906: vb. circumcise Hithpoʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּל

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«מוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circumcise** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 31 times · **Key:** 4135 · **BDB:** מוּל²

### Glosses

he.circumcised (5); he.will.be.circumcised (5); being.circumcised (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circumcise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4135/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. circumcise Hithpoʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4135/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. circumcise (NH id.; 𝔗 מוּל cut off but only seemingly in the dub. passages (v. III. \[מָלַל\] and Comm.) Jb 14:2; 18:16; 24:24 \[ms. Levy\], ψ 37:2; 90:6. (grass, etc.: only for iii. מָלַל, q.v.); cf. NH מָהַל, Aramaic מְהַל, according to Thes NöZMG xl. 1886, 741 Baib. xli. 1887, 626 v. also מהל supr.);— Pf. 3 ms. מָל Jos 5:4 + 2 times; 2 ms. מַלְתָּה Ex 12:44; 3 mpl. מָ֫לוּ Jos 5:5, 7; 2 mpl. מַלְתֶּם Dt 10:16; Impf. וַיָּ֫מָל Gn 17:23 + 2 times; Imv. מֹל Jos 5:2; Pt. pass. מוּל Je 9:24; pl. מֻלִים Jos 5:5;—circumcise, c. acc. בשׂר ערלה (flesh of foreskin) Gn 17:23 (P), acc. pers. Gn 21:4 Ex 12:44 (P), Jos 5:2, 3 (J), v 4, 5, 7, 7 (D); fig. ערלת לבב (foreskin of the heart) Dt 10:16; לבב Dt 30:6; pass. מוּל בערלה Je 9:24; מֻלִים Jos 5:5 (D). Pf. 3 ms. נִמּוֹל (Ges§ 72 ee) Gn 17:26; 3 mpl. נִמֹּ֫לוּ Gn 17:27; 2 mpl. וּנְמַלְתֶּם (consec.) Gn 17:11 (for וּנְמַלֹּתֶם √ מלל Ew§ 234. e. Ges§ 67, R. 11; but Bö1146 B for וּנְמוֹלֹתֶם); Impf. יִמּוֹל Gn 17:12 + 3 times; 3 mpl. וַיִּמֹּ֫לוּ Gn 34:24; Imv. הִמֹּ֑לוּ Je 4:4; Inf. הִמּוֹל Gn 17:10 + 5 times; הִמֹּל Gn 34:15; sf. הִמֹּ֫לוֹ Gn 17:24, 25; Pt. pl. נִמֹּלִים Gn 34:22;—be circumcised, of בשׂר ערלה Gn 17:14, 24, 25 Lv 12:3; elsewhere of pers. Gn 17:10(×2), 12, 13(×2), 26, 27; 34:15, 17, 22, 24; Ex 12:48 (P), Jos 5:8 (J): reflex. הִמֹּלוּ לי׳ Je 4:4 circumcise yourselves to Yahweh (and take away the foreskin of your heart). Impf. 1 s. בשׁם י׳ כי אֲמִילַ֑ם ψ 118:10, 11, 12 in the name of י׳, yea I will make them to be circumcised (enemies, by force of arms; but De cut to pieces (from מוּל = מָלַל), Che mow, Bae annihilate (?), 𝔊 Aq ἠμυνάμην, Symm διέθρυψα, Jer ultus sum eas). Hithpoʿl. Impf. 3 mpl. יִתְמֹלָ֑לוּ ψ 58:8 be cut off, of arrows, i.e. made blunt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4135/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.12.3/)

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וּבַיּ֖וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י יִמּ֖וֹל בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and on the day (the) eighth it.will.be.circumcised the.flesh his.foreskin his

*JPS 1917:* And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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[Genesis 17:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.26/)

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בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה נִמּ֖וֹל אַבְרָהָ֑ם וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* on the.substance of the.day (the) this he.was.circumcised Abraham and Ishmael son his

*JPS 1917:* In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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