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title: מוּלָה — circumcision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּלָה (4139), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: circumcision. BDB 1906: n.f. circumcision. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּלָה

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«מוּלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circumcision** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4139 · **BDB:** מוּלָה

### Glosses

circumcision(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circumcision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4139/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. circumcision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4139/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f., only pl. circumcision: חתן דמים למוּלֹת Ex 4:26 (J) a bridegroom of blood because of (or in regard of) the circumcision; cf. WeProl. ed. 4 (1895) 345f.; Hist. 340.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «מוּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4139/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.26/)

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וַיִּ֖רֶף מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אָ֚ז אָֽמְרָ֔ה חֲתַ֥ן דָּמִ֖ים לַמּוּלֹֽת׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.withdrew from him then she.said a.bridegroom of.blood(s) to the circumcision(s)

*JPS 1917:* So He let him alone. Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'

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