Lexical Definition

‎נָמַל‎ nâmal (naw-mal') to languish ^H:V
a primitive root

(branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.

• to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised

1) (Qal) to circumcise, become clipped, be circumcised, be cut off

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. [‎מָלַל‎] verb languish, wither, fade (apparently secondary √ of ‎אמל‎ q. v. ); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִמַּל‎ Job 18:16 ‎וַיִּמָּ֑ל‎ Job 14:2 3 masculine plural ‎יִמָּ֑לוּ‎ Job 24:24; Ps 37:2 (so Hup De and most; > Niph`al from IV. ‎מלל‎ Thes); — hang down, wither, figurative of man Job 14:2 (‎כְּצִיץ‎); of wicked ‎יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּמִמַּ֫עַל יִמַּל קְצִירוֺ מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו‎ Job 18:16 ‎כְּראֹשׁ שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת יִמָּ֑לוּ‎ Job 24:24 (|| ‎יִקָּפְצוּן‎, ‎הֻמְּכוּ‎); ‎כֶּחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּ֑לוּ‎ Ps 37:2 (|| ‎יִבּוֺלוּן‎). Po'l. Imperfect ‎יְמוֺלֵל‎ Ps 90:6 it withereth (of grass; + ‎וְיָבֵשׁ‎).

IV. [‎מָלַל‎] verb circumcise ( = ‎מוּל‎); — to this are sometimes assigned: Qal Imperative ‎מֹל‎ Josh 5:2. Niph`al Perfect ‎נְמַלְתֶּם‎ Gen 17:11. Hithpo`el be cut off: Imperfect ‎יִתְמֹלָ֑לוּ‎ Ps 58:8*. see ‎מוּל‎. [‎מַלְמָד‎, ‎מַלְמֵד‎] see ‎למד‎.

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