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Leviticus 19:27

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

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לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תַקִּ֔פוּtaqifvcompassנָקַףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “compass”, an unfinished actionH5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulatecompass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.פְּאַ֖תpeatcornerפֵּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “corner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremitycorner, end, quarter, side.רֹאשְׁכֶ֑םroshkhemheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תַשְׁחִ֔יתtashchitbatterשָׁחַתverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “batter”, an unfinished actionH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).פְּאַ֥תpeatcornerפֵּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “corner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremitycorner, end, quarter, side.זְקָנֶֽךָzeqanekhabeardזָקָןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “beard”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2206the beard (as indicating age)beard.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

Darby Translation

— Ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.

Douay-Rheims

Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ ποιήσετε σισόην ἐκ τῆς κόμης τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν, οὐδὲ φθερεῖτε τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνος ὑμῶν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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