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Deuteronomy 14:1

בָּנִ֣ים
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
אַתֶּ֔ם
ʼattâh
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
לַֽיהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
to/for — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ
gâdad
to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)
וְלֹֽא
lôʼ
and — not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
תָשִׂ֧ימוּ
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
קָרְחָ֛ה
qorchâh
baldness
בֵּ֥ין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
לָמֵֽת
mûwth
to/for — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Deuteronomy 14:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead,
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“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead,
Deuteronomy 14:1
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