Study it in the app“Now be careful, please, and do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, and do not eat anything unclean.”
Nowוְעַתָּהbe careful,הִשָּׁמְרִיplease,נָאandוְdo notאַלdrinkתִּשְׁתִּיwineיַיִןorוְintoxicating drink,שֵׁכָרandוְdo notאַלeatתֹּאכְלִיanythingכָּלunclean.טָמֵא
Luke 1:15 says that John will not drink wine or intoxicating drink; in Judges 13:4 the angel commands this of Samson’s mother.
The same term appears in both passages.
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamri” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “tishti” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsintoxicating drink
Intoxicating drink made from fermented grain or fruit; distinct from grape wine.
Where else “shechar” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochli” appearsunclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears3And the angel of YHWH appeared to the woman and said to her, “Look now, you are barren and have not borne children; but you will conceive and bear a son.
4 · This verse (above)
5For look, you will be pregnant and bear a son. And no razor shall come up on his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite of Elohim from the womb, and he will begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
