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title: נֵזֶר — consecration · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵזֶר (5145), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: consecration. BDB 1906: n.m. consecration, crown, Naziriteship. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵזֶר

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«נֵזֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **consecration** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 5145 · **BDB:** נֵ֫זֶר

### Glosses

his.consecration (9); crown (5); consecration (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

consecration [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5145/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. consecration, crown, Naziriteship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5145/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 132:18 consecration, crown, Naziriteship;—נ׳ abs. 2 S 1:10 +; cstr. Ex 29:6 +; sf. נִזְרוֹ ψ 89:40 +, נִזְרֵךְ Je 7:29;— crown (sign of consecration; WeSkizzen iii. 118 cp. Syriac קדשא \[ܩܕܳܫܳܐ\], earring; v. also GeiJüd. Zeitschr. x. 45. ff. on נֶוֶם): of kg. 2 S 1:10 2 K 11:12 = 2 Ch 23:11; symbol of royal power ψ 89:40; 132:18; cf. Pr 27:24; אַבְנֵי נ׳ Zc 9:16 stones of a crown, diadem (prob.; \> We Now—who del., cf. GASm—stones of charming, from use of precious stones as charms. of high priest, נ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Ex 29:6, made of gold 39:30 Lv 8:9 (all P). woman’s hair (orig. prob. of long hair as sign of consecration, as in Nazirite vow, cf. Nu 6:19 infr., and נָזִיר, also WeSkizzen iii. 117, 167; Arab. Heidenthum 2, p. 143 RSSem i. 464, 2d ed. 483), Je 7:29 (of personif. Jerus.). consecration of h. p. נ׳ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת א׳ עליו Lv 21:12 (P) the consecration of the oil of anointing of his God is upon him. in Nu 6 (P), specif. of Nazirite consecration (cf. נָזִיר): נ׳ אֱלֹהָיו עָלָיו Nu 6:7, נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ v 5, טָמֵא נ׳ v 12, רֹאֹשׁ נ׳ (because of unshorn hair) v 9, 18(×2), יְמֵי נ׳ (כָּל־) v 4, 8, 12, 13, תּוֹרַת נ׳ v 21 b cf. עַל־נ׳ v 21 a; in v 19 נ׳ = the hair of his consecration (cf. Je 7:29 supr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֵזֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5145/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.6.8/)

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כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י נִזְר֑וֹ קָדֹ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* all the.days his.consecration his \[is\].holy he to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* All the days of his Naziriteship he is holy unto the LORD.

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[Psalms 89:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.40/)

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נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* you.have.repudiated the.covenant your.servant your you.have.profaned to the ground crown his

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

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