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Leviticus 21:5

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.

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לֹֽאlono , -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…יקרחהyqrchhmake baldקָרַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “make bald”, an unfinished actionH7139to depilatemake (self) bald.יִקְרְח֤וּyiqrechvmake baldקָרַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “make bald”, an unfinished actionH7139to depilatemake (self) bald.קָרְחָה֙qarechahbaldקׇרְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bald”, the ordinary formH7144baldnessbald(-ness), [idiom] utterly.בְּרֹאשָׁ֔םberoshamin headרֹאשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in 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.וּפְאַ֥תufeatand cornerפֵּאָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and corner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremitycorner, end, quarter, side.זְקָנָ֖םzeqanambeardזָקָןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beard”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2206the beard (as indicating age)beard.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…יְגַלֵּ֑חוּyegalechvshaveגָּלַחverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “shave”, an unfinished actionH1548properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay wastepoll, shave (off).וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔םuvivsaramand in bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and 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.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…יִשְׂרְט֖וּyisretvmake piecesשָׂרַטverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “make pieces”, an unfinished actionH8295to gashcut in pieces, make (cuttings) pieces.שָׂרָֽטֶתsaratetcuttingשֶׂרֶטnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cutting”, the ordinary formH8296an incisioncutting.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

World English Bible

“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.

Darby Translation

They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Douay-Rheims

Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ φαλάκρωμα οὐ ξυρηθήσεσθε τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ νεκρῷ· καὶ τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνος οὐ ξυρήσονται· καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς σάρκας αὐτῶν οὐ κατατεμοῦσιν ἐντομίδας.