Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 7:29
“Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1494 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
- Derivation
- a primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));
- KJV renderings
- cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
- Grammar
- גָּזִּ֤י — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:19Genesis 38:12Genesis 38:13Deuteronomy 15:191 Samuel 25:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גַּזָז here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.