עׇרְלָה

Genesis 17:11 עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם foreskin your

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

Genesis 17:14 עָרְלָת֔וֹ foreskin his

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Here: The foreskin; the precise anatomical term repeats the language of verse 11 so that no one can doubt what is commanded.

Genesis 17:23 עָרְלָתָ֗ם foreskin their

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

Genesis 17:24 עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃ foreskin his

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Genesis 17:25 עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃ foreskin his

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Genesis 34:14 עָרְלָ֑ה a foreskin

“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

Exodus 4:25 עָרְלַ֣ת [the] foreskin of

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

Leviticus 12:3 עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃ foreskin his

And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

Here: The boy's foreskin. "His" refers back to the male child born in verse 2, which is why the BSB supplies "the boy's." Elsewhere in the Bible the same word is used as a picture for anything closed off or not yet dedicated to God (hearts, ears, lips, young fruit trees).

Leviticus 19:23 עָרְלָת֖וֹ foreskin its

When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 10:16 עָרְלַ֣ת [the] foreskin of

Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

Here: "The foreskin of." The flap of skin removed in circumcision, used here as a picture of a covering that blocks and dulls the heart, leaving it closed to God's voice and, in Israel's terms, unconsecrated.

Joshua 5:3 הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃ <the> foreskins

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

Here: With the article: 'the foreskins'. The place name means 'Hill of the Foreskins'. It reads naturally as a name taken from this very event, the spot where the removed foreskins were left or buried.

1 Samuel 18:25 עָרְל֣וֹת foreskins of

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:27 עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם foreskins their

David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

2 Samuel 3:14 עָרְל֥וֹת foreskins of

Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

Jeremiah 4:4 עָרְל֣וֹת [the] foreskins of

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

Here: Plural: each person carries their own covering. In Hebrew idiom a 'foreskinned' organ is one blocked from doing its job (uncircumcised lips, ears, heart), so the image is of a covering that shuts the heart off from Yahweh.

Jeremiah 9:25 בְּעָרְלָֽה׃ in a foreskin

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—

Here: 'In foreskin', or 'in (a state of) uncircumcision'. Put next to 'circumcised', it makes a deliberate paradox: people who are circumcised and still somehow 'in the foreskin'. The exact force of 'in' is debated (see debates).