Leviticus 12

Leviticus · Chapter 12

Leviticus 12:3

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.4And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.5But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.6And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:7Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.8And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and on the dayוּבַיּ֖וֹםu-vai-YOMH3117G
day

יוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

the eighthהַשְּׁמִינִ֑יha-she-mi-NIH8066
eighth

שְׁמִינִי (she.mi.ni) eighth (ordinal number)

it will be circumcisedיִמּ֖וֹלyi-MOLH4135A
to circumcise

מוּל (mul) 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

[the] flesh ofבְּשַׂ֥רbe-SARH1320
flesh

בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) 1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind Aramaic equivalent: be.shar (בְּשַׁר "flesh" H1321)

foreskin hisעָרְלָתֽוֹ׃a-re-la-TOH6190H
foreskin

עׇרְלָה (or.lah) foreskin, uncircumcised

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.