Deuteronomy 14:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֧ימוּ קָרְחָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם לָמֵֽת׃

Transliteration

bānîm ʾattem to-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem not titgōdədû and-not-tāśîmû qorḥâ between ʿênêkem for-the-mēt

Grammar Details

• *bānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons/children
• *ʾattem*: second person masculine plural pronoun - you
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun with second person plural suffix - your God
• *titgōdədû*: hitpael imperfect second person masculine plural - cut yourselves
• *tāśîmû*: qal imperfect second person masculine plural - place/put/make
• *qorḥâ*: feminine singular noun - baldness/bald spot
• *ʿênêkem*: feminine dual noun with second person masculine plural suffix - your eyes
• *mēt*: masculine singular noun - dead person/corpse

Word Meanings

• *bānîm*: sons/children/descendants
• *titgōdədû*: cut yourselves/gash yourselves/make incisions
• *qorḥâ*: baldness/bald spot/shaved area
• *ʿênêkem*: between your eyes/on your forehead

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.
• Jer 16:6 : 6 Both the great and the 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:
• Jer 41:5 : 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
• Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 9:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
• Lev 19:27-28 : 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
• Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
• Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
• John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
• John 11:52 : 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
• Jer 47:5 : 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
• Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I have said{H8804)}, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die{H8799)} like men, and fall{H8799)} like one of the princes.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
• Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
• Gen 6:4 : 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
• Exod 4:22-23 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
• 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
• 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
• 1 John 5:2 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.