King James Version

Exodus 4:26

So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

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וַיִּ֖רֶףvayirefand abateרָפָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and abate”, the next action in the storyH7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).מִמֶּ֑נּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.אָ֚זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.אָֽמְרָ֔הamerahsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…חֲתַ֥ןchatanbridegroomחָתָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “bridegroom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2860a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)bridegroom, husband, son in law.דָּמִ֖יםdamimblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.לַמּוּלֹֽתlamulotto circumcisionמוּלָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to circumcision”, the ordinary formH4139circumcisioncircumcision.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou , because of the circumcision.

Young’s Literal Translation

and He desisteth from him: then she said, 'A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.

World English Bible

So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

Darby Translation

And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband — because of the circumcision.

Douay-Rheims

And he let him go after she had said A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and he departed from him, because she said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, διότι εἶπεν, ἔστη τὸ αἷμα τῆς περιτομῆς τοῦ παιδίου μου.