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You shall notלֹאround offתַקִּפוּthe edgeפְּאַתof your head,רֹאשְׁכֶםand you shall notוְלֹאdestroyתַשְׁחִיתthe edgeאֵת פְּאַתof your beard.זְקָנֶךָ
Leviticus 19:27
Study it in the app“You shall not round off the edge of your head, and you shall not destroy the edge of your beard.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 19:27, word by word
- round offתַקִּפוּtakifu
cut round
To cut the hair round, at the sides of the head.
Where else “takifu” appears- the edgeפְּאַתpeat
edge
The edge or corner of something: of a field, a piece of furniture or the head.
Where else “peat” appears- of your headרֹאשְׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- destroyתַשְׁחִיתtashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “tashchit” appears- of your beardזְקָנֶzekane
beard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zekane” appears
Translation note
Jeremiah 16:6 mentions cutting oneself and shaving for the dead as mourning rites, and 1 Kings 18:28 relates that the prophets of Baal cut themselves in their worship.
The context
26You shall not eat anything with the blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying.
27 · This verse (above)
28And a cut for the dead you shall not make in your flesh, and a tattoo you shall not put on yourselves. I am YHWH.