King James Version

Genesis 17:11

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

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וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕םunemaltemand circumciseנָמַלconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and circumcise”, a completed action in a sequenceH5243to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised(branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּשַׂ֣רbesarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.עָרְלַתְכֶ֑םarelatkhemforeskinעׇרְלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “foreskin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6190the prepuceforeskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.וְהָיָה֙vehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְא֣וֹתleotto markאוֹתpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “to mark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.בְּרִ֔יתberitconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.בֵּינִ֖יbeynibetweenבֵּיןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.וּבֵינֵיכֶֽםuveyneykhemand betweenבֵּיןconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

World English Bible

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

Darby Translation

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and [that] shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Douay-Rheims

And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ περιτμηθήσεσθε τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται εἰς σημεῖον διαθήκης ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν.