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Numbers 6:18
“And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1548 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- poll, shave (off).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- גִלַּ֣ח — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:14Leviticus 13:33Leviticus 13:33Leviticus 14:8Leviticus 14:9
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 גָּלַח 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.