Strong's Lexicon: H4135 מוּל | AI Bible Commentary

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4135
Word:	מוּל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	36
Transliteration:	muwl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mool
Meaning:	1. to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise) 2. (by implication) to blunt 3. (figuratively) to destroy
KJV Renderings:	circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, X must needs.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4547

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 מהל above); —

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 ), accusative pers. Gen 21:4; Exod 12:44 ( P ), Josh 5:2; Josh 5:3 ( J ), Josh 5:4 v Josh 5:5 Josh 5:7 Josh 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 ^{«GKC:72»§ 72}, R. 9) Gen 17:26 3 masculine plural נִמֹּ֫לוּ Gen 17:27 2 masculine plural וֹּנְמִלְתֶּם (consecutive) Gen 17:11 (for וּנְמַלֹּתֶם √ מלל Ew^{§ 234}; e. Ges ^{«GKC:67»§ 67}, R.11; but Bö^{1146B for} 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.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מול (mōl)

Nehemiah 12:38

KJV: And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

EHCC: the other (company)...went over ugainst

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