Deuteronomy 14:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

You are the children of Yahweh your God: you 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 shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
• 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;
• Jer 41:5 : 5 that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Yahweh.
• Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 9:26 : 26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
• Lev 19:27-28 : 27 You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard. 28 "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
• Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
• Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'
• John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
• John 11:52 : 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
• Jer 47:5 : 5 Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
• Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, "You are gods, All of you are sons of the Most High. 7 Nevertheless you shall die like men, And fall like one of the rulers."
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
• Gen 6:2 : 2 that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
• Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
• Exod 4:22-23 : 22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn, 23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
• 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
• 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love 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.