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Leviticus 19:28

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

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וְשֶׂ֣רֶטveseretand cuttingשֶׂרֶטconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and cutting”, the ordinary formH8296an incisioncutting.לָנֶ֗פֶשׁlanefeshto creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…לֹ֤אlono , -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…תִתְּנוּ֙titnvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔םbivsarkhemin bodyבָּשָׂרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “in body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.וּכְתֹ֣בֶתukhetovetand a letter or other mark branded on the skinכְּתֹבֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and a letter or other mark branded on the skin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3793a letter or other mark branded on the skin[idiom] any (mark).קַֽעֲקַ֔עqaaqaan incision or gashקַעֲקַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “an incision or gash”, the ordinary formH7085an incision or gash[phrase] mark.לֹ֥אlono , -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…תִתְּנ֖וּtitnvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…בָּכֶ֑םbakheminבָּכֶ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “in”inאֲנִ֖יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I [am] Jehovah.

World English Bible

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

Darby Translation

And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a dead body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐντομίδας οὐ ποιήσετε ἐπὶ ψυχῇ ἐν τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν· καὶ γράμματα στικτὰ οὐ ποιήσετε ἐν ὑμῖν· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν.