Lexical Definition

‎מוּל‎ mûwl (mool) to circumcise ^H:V
a primitive root

circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.

• to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise)
• by implication, to blunt
• figuratively, to destroy

1) to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off
1a) (Qal) to circumcise
1b) (Niphal) to be circumcised, circumcise oneself
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be circumcised
1c1) of destruction (fig.)
1d) (Hithpolel) to be cut off
1e) (Polel) cut down

See Greek: ἀμύνομαι · ἀσθενέω · ἔρχομαι · ἔχω · ὅριον · περιτέμνω · περιτομή

Extended Information

spelling of: מוּל

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎מוּל‎] verb circumcise (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 ‎מוּל‎ **but only seemingly in the dubious passages (see III. [‎מָלַל‎] and Commentaries) Job 14:2; Job 18:16; Job 24:24 [MS Levy], Ps 37:2; Ps 90:6. cut off (grass, etc.: only for III. ‎מָלַל‎, q. v. ); compare Late Hebrew ‎מָהַל‎, Aramaic ‎מְהַל‎, according to Thes Nö^{ZMG xi. 1886, 741} Ba^{ib. xii. 1887, 626} see also ‎מהל‎above); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular‎מָל‎ Josh 5:4 + 2 t.; 2 masculine singular ‎מַלְתָּה‎ Exod 12:44 3 masculine plural ‎מָ֫לוּ‎ Josh 5:5; Josh 5:7 2 masculine plural ‎מַלְתֶּם‎ Deut 10:16 Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫֫מָל‎ Gen 17:23 + 2 t.; Imperative ‎מֹל‎ Josh 5:2 Passive participle ‎מוּל‎ Jer 9:24* plural ‎מֻלִים‎ Josh 5:5 — circumcise, with accusative ‎בשׂר ערלה‎ (flesh of foreskin) Gen 17:23 (P), accusativepers. Gen 21:4; Exod 12:44 (P), Josh 5:2; Josh 5:3 (J), vJosh 5:4 vJosh 5:5 vJosh 5:7 vJosh 5:7 (D); figurative ‎ערלת לבב‎ (foreskin of the heart) Deut 10:16 ‎לבב‎ Deut 30:6 pass, ‎מוּל בערלה‎ Jer 9:24* ‎מֻלִים‎ Josh 5:5 (D). Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִמּוֺל‎ (Ges<sup>«GKC:72»§ 72</sup>, R. 9) Gen 17:26 3 masculine plural ‎נִמֹּ֫לוּ‎ Gen 17:27 2 masculine plural ‎וֹּנְמִלְתֶּם‎ (consecutive) Gen 17:11 (for ‎וּנְמַלֹּתֶם‎ √ ‎מלל‎ Ew<sup>§ 234</sup>; e. Ges<sup>«GKC:67»§ 67</sup>, R.11; but Bö<sup>1146B for</sup> ‎וּנְמוֺלֹתֶם‎); Imperfect ‎יִמּוֺל‎ Gen 17:12 + 3 t.; 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּמֹּ֫לוּ‎ Gen 34:24 Imperative ‎הִמֹּ֑לוּ‎ Jer 4:4 Infinitive ‎הִמּוֺל‎ Gen 17:10 + 5 t.; ‎הִמֹּל‎ Gen 34:15 suffix ‎הִמֹּ֫לוֺ‎ Gen 17:24; Gen 17:25 Participle plural ‎נִמֹּלִים‎ Gen 34:22 — be circumcised, of ‎בשׂר ערלה‎ Gen 17:14; Gen 17:24; Gen 17:25; Lev 12:3 elsewhere of person Gen 17:10 (twice in verse); Gen 17:12; Gen 17:13 (twice in verse); Gen 17:26; Gen 17:27; Gen 34:15; Gen 34:17; Gen 34:22; Gen 34:24; Exod 12:48 (P), Josh 5:8 (J): reflexive ‎׳‎‎הִמֹּלוּ לי‎ Jer 4:4 circumcise yourselves to Yahweh (and take away the foreskin of your heart). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎כי אֲמִילִ֑ם‎ ‎׳‎‎בשׁם י‎ Ps 118:10; Ps 118:11; Ps 118:12 in the name of ‎׳‎‎י‎, yea I will make them to be circumcised (enemies, by force of arms; but De cut to pieces (from ‎מוּל‎ = ‎מָלַל‎), Che mow, Bae annihilate (?), ᵐ5 Aq ἠμυνάμην, Symm διέθρυψα, Jerome ultus sum eas). Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִתְמֹלָ֑לוּ‎ Ps 58:8* be cut off, of arrows, i.e. made blunt.

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