What does בָּשָׂר · עׇרְלָה mean in the Bible?
בָּשָׂר · עׇרְלָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man".
Hebrew · H1320, H6190
בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ
Flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man · the prepuce
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בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Pronunciation bāšār
Flesh as the vulnerable human body, emphasizing mortality, kinship, and bodily shame or nakedness.
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עׇרְלָה H6190 the prepuce
Pronunciation ʿorĕlāh
Marks covenant membership and spiritual readiness; uncircumcised status signifies exclusion from Abrahamic covenant community
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What does בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ (bĕśar ʿorlāṯô) mean in the Bible?
בָּשָׂר · עׇרְלָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1320, H6190?
H1320, H6190 is connected to 286 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Strong's H1320, H6190
Lexical occurrences 286 verses Source Gloss
flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain