(Gilgal)-haaraloth
or.lah denotes a foreskin, with figurative use for the heart and a designation for fruit not yet to be eaten.
The term most often denotes the bodily foreskin in clauses about circumcision, its removal, or its presentation. It also occurs figuratively with “heart” and describes fruit that is not to be eaten during its first three years.
Senses in use
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Bodily foreskin in circumcision and related acts · dominant
The construct forms identify the flesh affected by circumcision: in Genesis 17:11 the APB renders the clause “the flesh of your foreskin,” and in Exodus 4:25 it describes Zipporah cutting her son's foreskin. Plural construct forms occur in the Philistine bride-price account, where 1 Samuel 18:25 and 1 Samuel 18:27 render the requested and delivered items as “foreskins.”
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Figurative foreskin of the heart · occasional
In Deuteronomy 10:16, the singular construct form is linked to “your heart” in the command to circumcise it and not harden the neck. In Jeremiah 4:4, the plural construct form is likewise linked to “your hearts” in the call to remove what the APB renders “the foreskins of your hearts.”
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Fruit withheld as uncircumcised · rare
In Leviticus 19:23, the singular construct form concerns a newly planted tree's fruit; the APB renders it “uncircumcised” and says that it is not to be eaten for three years.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the anatomical use with “foreskin” or “foreskins,” including clauses about cutting, circumcision, and the Philistine bride-price. It renders the heart uses as “foreskin(s) of your heart” and the fruit use as “uncircumcised”; the supplied APB text for Jeremiah 9:24 does not make this token's contribution apparent.