uncircumcised
a.rel marks persons or groups outside circumcision, and can extend to lips, ears, heart, or fruit.
The word most often identifies people or groups by their circumcision status, including Philistines, covenant participants, and foreigners. It also labels the dead in scenes of sword-slaughter and burial, while several clauses extend the description to bodily speech and hearing, the heart, and fruit.
Senses in use
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Persons and groups identified by circumcision status · dominant
Masculine singular and plural forms describe people in covenant and social settings: Genesis 17:14 concerns a male who has not had the flesh of his foreskin cut off, while Exodus 12:48 bars such a person from eating the Passover. In 1 Samuel 17:26 the singular form modifies the Philistine who taunts Israel's ranks, and in Judges 14:3 the plural identifies the Philistines in the marriage discussion.
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A designation among the sword-slain and dead · common
Plural absolute forms repeatedly occur in Ezekiel's descriptions of those brought down and laid with people slain by the sword. In Ezekiel 32:21 the APB renders the clause "they lie with the uncircumcised, slain of the sword," and Ezekiel 32:29 places Edom's rulers with the same group.
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Extended descriptions of lips, ears, heart, and fruit · occasional
Construct forms modify "lips" in Moses' statements in Exodus 6:12 and Exodus 6:30, where the APB renders his difficulty as being "uncircumcised of lips." Other clauses apply the description to ears that cannot listen, a heart to be humbled, and fruit withheld from eating for three years.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses "uncircumcised" for people and for the extended descriptions of lips, ears, heart, flesh, and fruit. In Ezekiel's death scenes it also uses that wording for those lying among the sword-slain; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.