Ezekiel 44:20 Go deeper

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. (KJV)

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וְרֹאשָׁם֙ve.ro.Shamand head their

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 1

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 2

יְגַלֵּ֔חוּye.ga.Le.chuthey will shave

Lemma: גָּלַח (ga.lach) · Strong's: H1548

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)

Meaning: to shave

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 41:14, Leviticus 13:33, Leviticus 14:8, Leviticus 14:9, Leviticus 21:5, Numbers 6:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1548; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 3

וּפֶ֖רַעu.Fe.ra'and hair

Lemma: פֶּ֫רַע (pe.ra) · Strong's: H6545

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: lock

Used 2 times. Also: Numbers 6:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6545; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 4

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 5

יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּye.sha.Le.chuthey will let loose

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)

Meaning: to send: depart

Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 6

כָּס֥וֹםka.Somsurely <trim>

Lemma: כָּסַם (ka.sam) · Strong's: H3697

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to shear

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3697; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 7

יִכְסְמ֖וּyikh.se.Muthey will trim

Lemma: כָּסַם (ka.sam) · Strong's: H3697

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to shear

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3697; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 8

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 9

רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם\׃ra.shei.Hemheads their

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Ezekiel 44:20 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They must not	→	לֹא H3808 not
shave	→	גָּלַח H1548 to shave
their heads	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head
or let their hair	→	פֶּ֫רַע H6545 lock
. . .	→	לֹא H3808 not
grow long	→	שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart
but must carefully trim	→	כָּסַם H3697 to shear
. . .	→	כָּסַם H3697 to shear
their hair	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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