But as for an uncircumcised male, one who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
Genesis 17:14 (NASB )
There are two instances of word play happening here in the text.
1. “Person” here is nefesh, or “soul.” As in, spirit. So there is an interplay between flesh and spirit.
2. “Cut off” is the same word for establishing the covenant: one “cuts a covenant” through circumcision.