Numbers 6:7

Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head.
Numbers 6:7
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ לְאָחִיו֙ וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ לֹא־יִטַּמָּ֥א לָהֶ֖ם בְּמֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י נֵ֥זֶר אֱלֹהָ֖יו עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

  1. לְאָבִ֣יוle.'a.Viv“for father his”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָב · “father” · Strong's H0001G
  2. וּלְאִמּ֗וֹu.le.'i.Mo“and for mother his”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
  3. לְאָחִיו֙le.'a.Chiv“for brother his”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָח · “male-sibling” · Strong's H0251G
  4. וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹu.le.'A.cho.To“and for sister his”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָחוֹת · “sister” · Strong's H0269
  5. לֹא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  6. יִטַּמָּ֥אyi.ta.Ma'“he will make himself unclean”
    Verb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from טָמֵא · “to defile” · Strong's H2930A
  7. לָהֶ֖םla.Hem“for <the> them”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from Op3m · “them” · Strong's H9038
  8. בְּמֹתָ֑םbe.mo.Tam“by death their”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from מָ֫וֶת · “death” · Strong's H4194
  9. כִּ֛יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  10. נֵ֥זֶרNe.zer“[the] Nazirite vow of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from נָסָה · “consecration” · Strong's H5145G
  11. אֱלֹהָ֖יו'e.lo.Hav“God his”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֱלֹהִים · “God” · Strong's H0430G
  12. עַל־'al-“[is] on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  13. רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ro.Sho“head his”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from רֹאשׁ · “head” · Strong's H7218A
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)