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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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֶׂרֶטsereṭ · seh'-ret
H8296 · Hebrew
H8296 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an incision
- Derivation
- and שָׂרֶטֶת; from H8295 (שָׂרַט);
- KJV renderings
- cutting.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שֶׂ֣רֶט — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 21:5
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 שֶׂרֶט 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.