Leviticus 19:27 Go deeper
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Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. (KJV)
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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 Leviticus 19:27 word 1
תַקִּ֔פוּta.Ki.fuyou will round off
Lemma: נָקַף (na.qaph) · Strong's: H5362B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhi2mp)
Meaning: to surround
Used 17 times. Also: Joshua 6:3, Joshua 6:11, 1 Kings 7:24, 2 Kings 6:14, 2 Kings 11:8, 2 Chronicles 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5362B; TAHOT Leviticus 19:27 word 2
פְּאַ֖תpe.'At[the] side of
Lemma: פֵּאָה (pe.ah) · Strong's: H6285
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: side
Used 86 times. Also: Exodus 25:26, Exodus 26:18, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 27:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6285; TAHOT Leviticus 19:27 word 3
רֹאשְׁכֶ֑םrosh.Khemhead your
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 Leviticus 19:27 word 4
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and 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 Leviticus 19:27 word 5
תַשְׁחִ֔יתtash.Chityou will trim
Lemma: שָׁחַת (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7843
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to ruin
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7843; TAHOT Leviticus 19:27 word 6
אֵ֖ת'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 Leviticus 19:27 word 7
פְּאַ֥תpe.'At[the] side of
Lemma: פֵּאָה (pe.ah) · Strong's: H6285
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: side
Used 86 times. Also: Exodus 25:26, Exodus 26:18, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 27:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6285; TAHOT Leviticus 19:27 word 8
זְקָנֶֽךָ\׃ze.ka.Ne.chabeard your
Lemma: זָקָן (za.qan) · Strong's: H2206
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: beard
Used 19 times. Also: Leviticus 13:29, Leviticus 13:30, Leviticus 14:9, Leviticus 21:5, 1 Samuel 17:35, 1 Samuel 21:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2206; TAHOT Leviticus 19:27 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You must not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| cut off the hair | → | נָקַף H5362B to surround |
| at the sides | → | פֵּאָה H6285 side |
| of your head | → | רֹאשׁ H7218A head |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| or clip off | → | שָׁחַת H7843 to ruin |
| the edges | → | פֵּאָה H6285 side |
| of your beard | → | זָקָן H2206 beard |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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