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שֶׂרֶט

seret · cut, gash

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8296 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

seret (שֶׂרֶט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cut, gash”.

A cut, an incision made in the skin.

How to say it

se·ret

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A gash one made in the skin for the dead.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • cut ×1
  • cuts ×1

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 19:28

    And a cut for the dead you shall not make in your flesh, and a tattoo you shall not put on yourselves. I am YHWH.

  • Leviticus 21:5

    They shall not make bald spots on their head, and the edge of their beard they shall not shave off, and in their flesh they shall not make cuts.