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title: נָזִיר — one consecrated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָזִיר (5139), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: one consecrated. BDB 1906: n.m. one consecrated, devoted. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָזִיר

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«נָזִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **one consecrated** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 5139 · **BDB:** נָזִיר

### Glosses

the.Nazirite (3); Nazirite (2); Nazirites (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

one consecrated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5139/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. one consecrated, devoted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5139/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 49:26 one consecrated, devoted (נזיר י׳ Ecclus 46:13 c (of Samuel); cf. Syriac ܢܙܝܺܪ RSSem i. 463, 2d ed. 483);—נ׳ abs. Nu 6:2 + 5 times; cstr. נְזִיר Gn 49:26 + 4 times; sf. נְזִירֶ֑ךְ Lv 25:5; pl. נְזִרִים Am 2:11, 12; sf. נְזִרֶיהָ Lv 25:11, נְזִירֶיהָ La 4:7;— of prince, ruler, as consecrated: נְזִיר אֶחָיו Gn 49:26 (poem in J), one consecrated among his brethren, = Dt 33:16; cf. נְזִירֶיהָ La 4:7 her princes. specif. of one dedicated to י׳ by vow involving abstinence from intoxicants, from touching corpse, and from cutting hair (cf. נֵזֶר 2), devotee (GFM), Nazirite: נ׳ אֱלֹהִים God’s devotee, of Samson Ju 13:5, 7; 16:17 (exceptionally, from birth); usually voluntary Am 2:11, 12, and for limited time, cf. נֶדֶר נ׳ Nu 6:2 (of man or woman; cf. PeritzJBL xvii (1898), 128), תּוֹרַת נ׳ v 13, 21, also v 18, 19, 20 (all P; cf. also נֵזֶר).—On Naz. v. GFM Ju 13:5 Dr Am 2, 11, especially GrillJPTh 1880, 645–680 NowArch. ii, § 97 BenzArch. 429 f. GrayJThS Jan. 1900, 201 ff. = untrimmed vine (like Nazirite with unshorn hair) Lv 25:5, 11 (HP).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָזִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5139/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.7/)

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זַכּ֤וּ נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ מִשֶּׁ֔לֶג צַח֖וּ מֵחָלָ֑ב אָ֤דְמוּ עֶ֙צֶם֙ מִפְּנִינִ֔ים סַפִּ֖יר גִּזְרָתָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* they.were.bright of.high.rank its.ones more than.snow they.were.dazzling more than.milk they.were.red bone more than.corals \[was\].sapphire polishing their

*JPS 1917:* Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire;

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[Amos 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.12/)

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וַתַּשְׁק֥וּ אֶת־הַנְּזִרִ֖ים יָ֑יִן וְעַל־הַנְּבִיאִים֙ צִוִּיתֶ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֖א תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.made.drink (et) the Nazirites wine and to the prophets you.commanded (cmp) not you.must.prophesy

*JPS 1917:* But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.'

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