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title: עׇרְלָה — foreskin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇרְלָה (6190), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: foreskin. BDB 1906: n.f. foreskin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇרְלָה

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«עׇרְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **foreskin** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 6190 · **BDB:** עָרְלָה

### Glosses

foreskins (4); his.foreskin (4); a.foreskin (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foreskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6190/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. foreskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6190/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. foreskin;—ע׳ Gn 34:14; Je 9:24; cstr. עָרְלַת Ex 4:25; Dt 10:16, etc.; pl. הָעֲרָלוֹת (not עֳ׳) Jos 5:3 (Köii. 1, 158); cstr. עָרְלוֹת Je 4:4 + 2 times; עָרְלֹתֵיהֶם 1 S 18:27;—foreskin 1 S 18:25, 27; 2 S 3:14, cf. גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלוֹת Jos 5:3 hill of the foreskins, near Gilgal; of circumcision, כרת ע׳ Ex 4:25 (J), בְּשַׂר ע׳ Gn 17:11 + 5 times P (v. II. מוּל), אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לוֹ ע׳ Gn 34:14 (P), i.e. one uncircumcised; cf. Je 9:24; fig. of fruit trees, עָרְלָתוֹ Lv 19:23 (P; v. \[עָרַל\]); fig. of heart, ע׳ לבב Dt 10:16; Je 4:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עׇרְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6190/), 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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[Deuteronomy 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.10.16/)

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וּמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת עָרְלַ֣ת לְבַבְכֶ֑ם וְעָ֨רְפְּכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַקְשׁ֖וּ עֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.circumcise (et) the.foreskin your.heart your and neck your not you.will.stiffen again

*JPS 1917:* Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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