eighth day, [the child's] foreskin shall be circumcised. According to the Hebrew Bible , it was "a reproach" for an Israelite to be uncircumcised ( Joshua 5:9.) The name arelim ("uncircumcised" [plural]) is used opprobriously, denoting the Philistines and other non-Israelites ( I Samuel 14:6, 31:4; II Samuel 1:20) and used