Leviticus 19:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not shave around the corners of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye shall not round{H5362} the corners{H6285} of your heads,{H7218} neither shalt thou mar{H7843} the corners{H6285} of thy beard.{H2206}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye shall not round{H5362}{(H8686)} the corners{H6285} of your heads{H7218}, neither shalt thou mar{H7843}{(H8686)} the corners{H6285} of thy beard{H2206}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  ye shall not rounde the lockes of youre heedes, nether shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beerde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye shal shaue no crownes vpo youre heade, nether shalt thou clyppe thy beerde cleane off.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye shall not rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy bearde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 21:5 : 5 They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
• Isa 15:2 : 2 He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
• Jer 48:37 : 37 For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped; upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
• Ezek 7:18 : 18 They shall also clothe 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 They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they shall only trim their hair.
• Jer 16:6 : 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
• Deut 14:1 : 1 You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.