Leviticus 19:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ

Transliteration

lōʾ ṯaqqip̄û pəʾaṯ rōʾšəḵem wə-lōʾ ṯašḥîṯ ʾēṯ pəʾaṯ zəqāneḵā

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯaqqip̄û*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall round
*pəʾaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - edge/corner of
*rōʾšəḵem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your head
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*ṯašḥîṯ*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall destroy/ruin
*ʾēṯ*: direct object marker
*zəqāneḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your beard

Word Meanings

*ṯaqqip̄û*: round/cut in a circle/trim around
*pəʾaṯ*: edge/corner/side/border
*ṯašḥîṯ*: destroy/ruin/mar/damage

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Referenced Verses

Lev 21:5 : 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Isa 15:2 : 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
Jer 48:37 : 37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Ezek 7:18 : 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Ezek 44:20 : 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
Jer 16:6 : 6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
Deut 14:1 : 1 Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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