Original Language Studio
Numbers 6:12
“And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5144 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- consecrate, separate(-ing, self).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִזִּ֤יר — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 15:31Leviticus 22:2Numbers 6:2Numbers 6:3Numbers 6:5
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 נָזַר 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.