Exodus 4:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּקַּ֨ח צִפֹּרָ֜ה צֹ֗ר וַתִּכְרֹת֙ אֶת־עָרְלַ֣ת בְּנָ֔הּ וַתַּגַּ֖ע לְרַגְלָ֑יו וַתֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֧י חֲתַן־דָּמִ֛ים אַתָּ֖ה לִֽי׃

Transliteration

And tiqqaḥ Ṣippōrâh ṣōr and tikrōt ʾet-ʿorlat bĕnāh and taggaʿ to-raglāyw and tōʾmer that ḥătan-dāmîm ʾattâh to-me.

Grammar Details

*tiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she took
*Ṣippōrâh*: proper noun, feminine singular - Zipporah
*ṣōr*: noun, masculine singular - flint
*tikrōt*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she cut off
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿorlat*: noun, feminine singular construct - foreskin of
*bĕnāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her son
*tagga*ʿ: hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she touched
*raglāyw*: noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his feet
*tōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she said
*ḥătan*: noun, masculine singular construct - bridegroom of
*dāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - blood
*ʾattâh*: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you

Word Meanings

*ṣōr*: flint/sharp stone
*raglāyw*: his feet/his legs/possibly euphemism for genitals
*ḥătan-dāmîm*: bridegroom of blood/bloody husband/blood-relative

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Referenced Verses

Josh 5:2-3 : 2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Gen 17:14 : 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
2 Sam 16:7 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

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