Leviticus 19:27

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

לא לֹא

not

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

תקפו תַקִּפוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נקף

nâqaph

Definition

to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate; compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5362

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נָקַף

verb • Root נקף • Strongs / High • Page 989

(Kal not used) Transitive: to strike off, as olives (i.e. to reap); to break, destroy the skin with leprosy; to wound, injure the body; to tear in pieces, tatter garments; to cut away, shave off the corners of the hair; to cut, strike down, fell bushes and trees.

נָקַף

verb • Root נקף • Strongs / High • Page 990

To strike down; to prostrate, an ox; to throw down, a man; to knock, to beat, of the heart; to smash, to crush, the head; to break, an egg; to strain, wine.

נָקַף

verb • Root נקף • Strongs / High • Page 990

II. To be bent, round, circular; hence to circle, in time or space; Aram. to join, to associate with, to be entwined with one.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָקַף

verb • Page 457

I. to make a circle, to go round, revolve; spoken of time (Is. 29 : 1). Hiph. 1. to go round a place (Josh. 6: 3, 11). 2. to surround, compass (1 K. 7:24; Ps. 17: 17; 2 K. 6: 14; Ps. 17: 9; 88:18). 3. to go round, to elapse, spoken of time (Job 1 : 5). 4. used elliptically (Lev. 19 : 27).

נָקַף

verb • Root נגף • Page 457

II. to smite, to hew, kindred with נָגַף. In Chald. and Arab. idem. Pi. 1. to cut down, e.g. a thicket (Is. 10: 34). 2. probably to destroy the body (Job 19 : 26).

Verb Hiphil imperfect second person masculine plural

LXX: περιέσχον ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H5362b:

περιέσχον 3× (15.4%)

--- 2× (10.3%)

פאת פְּאַת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פאה

pêʼâh

Definition

properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity

Root

feminine of H6311 (פה);

Exhaustive

feminine of פה; properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity; corner, end, quarter, side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6285

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּאת

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1153

Same as פָּחַת Num. 24, 17, see.

Matched via consonantal key only

פּאֵת

f. noun • Root פאה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1151

Properly, what blows (like wind); hence 1. quarter or district, the side. 2. A quarter or district, meaning direction. 3. A corner; border, of a field, table, or bed, especially the corner of the hair of the head or the beard.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פֵּאָה

noun feminine • Page 535

1. A corner (e.g., of a field, Lev. 19:9; of a bed, Am. 3:12). 2. The corner or extremity of the beard (Lev. 19:27, 21:5; Jer. 9:25). 3. A side, region, or country (Josh. 18:14, Ex. 26:20, Jer. 48:45).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: ἕωσ ?πρὸσ κλίτοσ μέροσ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H6285:

ἕωσ 14× (24.6%)

?πρὸσ 12× (15.1%)

κλίτοσ 9× (12.1%)

μέροσ 5× (7.3%)

'' 3× (4.6%)

ὄψιν 3× (4.3%)

κλίτει 2× (3.0%)

πρόσωπον 2× (2.8%)

ראשכם רֹאשְׁכֶם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ראש

rôʼsh

Definition

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Root

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

Exhaustive

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7218

כם

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9026

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רֹאשׁ

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1330

Poppy (reference to DEUT. 32, 32).

רֹאשׁ

noun / masculine • Root ראש • Strongs / High • Page 1311

1. Prop. skull; hence head, of men or animals. 2. Metaphor of things: the point, summit, capital, scepter, the highest. Fig. principal, highest (as of oil or feelings), a prince, king, principal person. The sum, total, multitude. The foremost, first, beginning.

רֹאשׁ

noun masculine • Root ראש • Strongs / High • Page 1312

1. Source of a river; beginning, commencement (of time). 2. Poison (רוֹשׁ), poisonous berries/water; fig. viciousness.

רֹאשׁ

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1312

n. p. of a people (Rosh) belonging to the Scythian king Gog, dwelling in the high north (identified by some classical writers with Russians/Roxolani).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָאשׁ

adjective • Page 602

poor. See רוּשׁ.

רֹאשׁ

noun masculine • Root ראש ראש • Page 603

1. a head. —נָתַן בְּרֹאשׁ to let come on the head of any one, Ezek. 9: 10, 11: 21. בְּרֵאשֵׁינוּ with the danger of our heads, 1 Chr. 12: 19. 2. the first or highest in its kind. Hence (1.) a head, chief, leader (1 Sam. 15: 17, Ex. 6: 14, 25). (2.) a chief city, metropolis (Josh. 11: 10). (3.) the highest place, first rank—כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ the high-priest (2 Chr. 19: 11). (4.) the top or highest part, as of a mountain (Gen. 8: 5), of a tower (Gen. 11: 4). Metaphorically רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָה the highest joy (Ps. 137: 6). 3. the first; e. g. רֹאשׁ הַחֳדָשִׁים the first month (Ex. 12: 2). 4. the sum, the whole number (Lev. 5: 24, Ps. 119: 160). 5. a company, multitude, host (Judg. 7: 16, 1 Sam. 11: 11).

רֹאשׁ

prop. er name • Page 603

Proper name of a Scythian people, mentioned in connexion with Meshech and Tubal, in the northern parts of Asia Minor (Ezek. 38: 2, 3. 39: 1). The Byzantine writers speak of a rude and savage people about the northern Taurus, called Pōs, (Russians?).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine plural

LXX: κεφαλὴν κεφαλῆσ ἄρχοντεσ κεφαλήν κεφαλὰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7218a:

κεφαλὴν 123× (18.7%)

κεφαλῆσ 55× (8.5%)

ἄρχοντεσ 50× (8.4%)

κεφαλήν 34× (5.2%)

κεφαλὰσ 29× (4.4%)

ἄρχων 21× (3.4%)

κεφαλὴ 19× (2.8%)

ἀρχῆσ 15× (2.3%)

κορυφῆσ 14× (2.0%)

κορυφὴν 13× (2.0%)

ולא וְלֹא

and not

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

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Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Conjunction, Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

תשחית תַשְׁחִית

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שחת

shâchath

Definition

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7843

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שָׁחַת

verb • Root שחת • Strongs / High • Page 755

to injure, corrupt

שָׁחַת

verb • Root שחת • Strongs / High • Page 1411

tr. prop. to crush, to reduce to ruins, to injure, hence to destroy, to ruin, to corrupt.

Verb Hiphil imperfect second person masculine singular

LXX: διέφθειραν διαφθεῖραι ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἀπολέσω διέφθειρεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7843:

διέφθειραν 10× (6.5%)

διαφθεῖραι 9× (5.9%)

ἐξολεθρεῦσαι 5× (3.1%)

ἀπολέσω 4× (2.8%)

διέφθειρεν 4× (2.6%)

ἐξαλεῖψαι 3× (1.9%)

καταφθεῖραι 3× (1.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 3× (1.7%)

φθερεῖ 3× (2.0%)

ἐξολεθρεύσεισ 2× (1.4%)

את אֵת

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

No stats available

פאת פְּאַת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פאה

pêʼâh

Definition

properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity

Root

feminine of H6311 (פה);

Exhaustive

feminine of פה; properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity; corner, end, quarter, side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6285

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּאת

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1153

Same as פָּחַת Num. 24, 17, see.

Matched via consonantal key only

פּאֵת

f. noun • Root פאה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1151

Properly, what blows (like wind); hence 1. quarter or district, the side. 2. A quarter or district, meaning direction. 3. A corner; border, of a field, table, or bed, especially the corner of the hair of the head or the beard.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פֵּאָה

noun feminine • Page 535

1. A corner (e.g., of a field, Lev. 19:9; of a bed, Am. 3:12). 2. The corner or extremity of the beard (Lev. 19:27, 21:5; Jer. 9:25). 3. A side, region, or country (Josh. 18:14, Ex. 26:20, Jer. 48:45).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: ἕωσ ?πρὸσ κλίτοσ μέροσ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H6285:

ἕωσ 14× (24.6%)

?πρὸσ 12× (15.1%)

κλίτοσ 9× (12.1%)

μέροσ 5× (7.3%)

'' 3× (4.6%)

ὄψιν 3× (4.3%)

κλίτει 2× (3.0%)

πρόσωπον 2× (2.8%)

זקנך זְקָנֶךָ׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זקן

zâqân

Definition

the beard (as indicating age)

Root

from H2204 (זקן);

Exhaustive

from זקן; the beard (as indicating age); beard.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2206

ך

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9021

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זָקָן

masculine noun • Root זקן • Strongs / High • Page 442

properly the sprouting hair on the chin, hence the beard, a bearded chin; also applied to the hairy parts of the sexes, to the lower part of the body.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זָקָן

com. gen. • Page 207

the bearded chin of a man, hence beard, and chin (2 Sam. 20:9, Lev. 13:29).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: πώγωνα πώγωνασ πώγωνοσ πώγωνόσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2206:

πώγωνα 5× (25.2%)

πώγωνασ 4× (22.0%)

πώγωνοσ 3× (15.1%)

πώγωνόσ 2× (8.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Ye shall not cut the extremities of your head, and thou shalt not destroy the extremities of thy beard.

LITV Translation:
You shall not round the corner of your head, nor mar the corner of your beard.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.