Deuteronomy 10:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת עָרְלַ֣ת לְבַבְכֶ֑ם וְעָ֨רְפְּכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַקְשׁ֖וּ עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

And ûmaltem ʾēt ʿārlat ləbabkem and wəʿārpəkem not taqšû anymore

Grammar Details

*ûmaltem*: qal perfect 2nd masculine plural with waw - and you shall circumcise
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʿārlat*: feminine singular construct - foreskin of
*ləbabkem*: masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your heart
*wəʿārpəkem*: masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix and waw - and your neck
*taqšû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine plural with negation - you shall not harden/stiffen

Word Meanings

*mûl*: circumcise/cut/remove
*ʿārlâ*: foreskin/uncircumcision
*lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner self
*ʿōrep*: neck/back of neck
*qāšâ*: be hard/stubborn/stiff-necked

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Deut 30:6 : 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Lev 26:41 : 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Deut 9:6 : 6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Col 2:11 : 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Jas 4:6-7 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Deut 9:13 : 13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Deut 31:27 : 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

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