Exodus 4:26
Strong's Lexicon
So [the LORD] let him alone.
וַיִּ֖רֶף (way·yi·rep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7503: 1) to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sink down 1a2) to sink, drop 1a3) to sink, relax, abate 1a4) to relax, withdraw 1b) (Niphal) idle (participle) 1c) (Piel) to let drop 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake 1d2) to let go 1d3) to refrain, let alone 1d4) to be quiet 1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

מִמֶּ֑נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

( When
אָ֚ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 227: 1) then, at that time 1a) temporal expressions 1a1) then (past) 1a2) then, if...then (future) 1a3) earlier 1b) logical expressions 1b1) in that case 1b2) that (being so)

she said,
אָֽמְרָ֔ה (’ā·mə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“bridegroom
חֲתַ֥ן (ḥă·ṯan)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2860: 1) son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband

of blood,”
דָּמִ֖ים (dā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1818: 1) blood 1a) of wine (fig.)

she was referring to the circumcision. )
לַמּוּלֹֽת׃ (lam·mū·lōṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4139: 1) circumcision

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)

Young's Literal Translation
and He desisteth from him: then she said, ‘A bridegroom of blood,’ in reference to the circumcision.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, “ You are a bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.

New American Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, "[You are] a bridegroom of blood"-- because of the circumcision.

King James Bible
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the circumcision.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)

New Living Translation
(When she said "a bridegroom of blood," she was referring to the circumcision.) After that, the LORD left him alone.

English Standard Version
So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

New American Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood "-- because of the circumcision.

King James Bible
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," referring to the circumcision.

International Standard Version
Then the LORD withdrew from him, and she said, "…a bridegroom of blood because of circumcision."

NET Bible
So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said, "A bridegroom of blood," referring to the circumcision.)

American Standard Version
So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou , because of the circumcision.

English Revised Version
So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision.

Young's Literal Translation
and He desisteth from him: then she said, 'A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.
















Cross References
Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Exodus 4:27
And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 4:24
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

Exodus 4:23
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Exodus 4:28
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

Exodus 4:29
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
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