circumcision

«circumcision» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the act of cutting off the foreskin of a boy or man — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

the act of cutting off the foreskin of a boy or man tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the sign of God's covenant with Abraham and his descendants, done on the eighth day. Interpretation: This is called brit milah, "covenant of the word." Westcott notes that the Hebrew word for it is connected to the word for "word."

examples

• Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.' (Torah EXO.4.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• The Covenant of Circumcision was to be an outward and visible sign of the Divine promise made to Abraham and his offspring. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The Hebrew word for circumcision is Mulah, MULH : note that MLH is also synonymous with DBR, dabar, — verbum or word. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «circumcision» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.