Leviticus 19:27
Strong's Lexicon
You must not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

cut off the hair
תַקִּ֔פוּ (ṯaq·qi·p̄ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5362: 1) to strike, strike off 1a) (Piel) to strike off skin 2) to go around, compass, round 2a) (Qal) to go around 2b) (Hiphil) 2b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose 2b2) to make the round, complete the circuit 2b3) to make round, round off

at the sides
פְּאַ֖ת (pə·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6285: 1) corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity 1a) corner 1b) side

of your head
רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם (rō·šə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

or clip off
תַשְׁחִ֔ית (ṯaš·ḥîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7843: 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spoil, ruin 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally) 1c3) destroyer (participle) 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

אֵ֖ת (’êṯ)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the edges
פְּאַ֥ת (pə·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6285: 1) corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity 1a) corner 1b) side

of your beard.
זְקָנֶֽךָ׃ (zə·qā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2206: 1) beard, chin 1a) beard 1b) chin

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

New American Standard Bible
You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

King James Bible
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"'Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

New Living Translation
"Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.

English Standard Version
You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.

New American Standard Bible
'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

King James Bible
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

International Standard Version
"You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns on your head or deface the edges of your beard.

NET Bible
You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

American Standard Version
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

English Revised Version
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Young's Literal Translation
'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.
















Cross References
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.

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.

Deuteronomy 14:1
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Jeremiah 41:5
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

Leviticus 1:1
And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

Leviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Leviticus 19:25
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:24
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.

Leviticus 19:29
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Leviticus 19:30
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
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