And the priestוְהַכֹּהֵןwho is highהַגָּדוֹלamong his brothers,מֵאֶחָיוon whose headאֲשֶׁר עַל רֹאשׁוֹthe anointingהַמִּשְׁחָהoilשֶׁמֶןhas been pouredיוּצַקand who has been ordainedוּמִלֵּא אֶת יָדוֹto wearלִלְבֹּשׁthe garments,אֶת הַבְּגָדִיםshall notלֹאlet the hairאֶתof his headרֹאשׁוֹhang looseיִפְרָעand shall notוּ לֹאtearיִפְרֹםhis garments.בְגָדָיו
Leviticus 21:10
Study it in the app“And the priest who is high among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose and shall not tear his garments.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 21:10, word by word
- And the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- who is highגָּדוֹלgadol
high
Literally "the great priest": the chief of all priests.
Where else “gadol” appears- among his brothersאֶחָיechay
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appears- on whose headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- the anointingמִּשְׁחָהmishcha
anointing
The oil poured on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “mishcha” appears- oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- has been pouredיוּצַקyutsak
pour
To pour a liquid over something or into something.
Where else “yutsak” appears- and who has been ordainedמִלֵּאmile
ordain
Literally "fill the hand": to install someone as priest.
Where else “mile” appears- and who has been ordainedיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- to wearלְבֹּשׁlebosh
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “lebosh” appears- the garmentsבְּגָדִיםbegadim
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begadim” appears- hang looseיִפְרָעyifra
let hair hang
To leave one's hair unbound in mourning.
Where else “yifra” appears- tearיִפְרֹםyifrom
tear
Tear a garment.
Where else “yifrom” appears
The context
9And the daughter of a priest, if she profanes herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she shall be burned in the fire.
10 · This verse (above)
11And he shall not go to any dead persons; not even for his father or for his mother shall he make himself unclean.