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exceptכִּי אִםfor his close relativeלִשְׁאֵרוֹwho is nearהַקָּרֹבto him:אֵלָיוfor his mother,לְאִמּוֹfor his father,וּלְאָבִיוfor his son,וְלִבְנוֹfor his daughter,וּלְבִתּוֹand for his brother,וּלְאָחִיו
Leviticus 21:2
Study it in the app“except for his close relative who is near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, and for his brother,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 21:2, word by word
- for his close relativeשְׁאֵרsheer
close relative
A close relative.
Where else “sheer” appears- who is nearקָּרֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- for his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- for his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- for his sonבְנven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- for his daughterבִתּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- and for his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
1And YHWH said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: No one shall make himself unclean for a dead person among his people,
2 · This verse (above)
3and for his virgin sister, who is near to him, who has not belonged to a husband; for her he may make himself unclean.