Numbers 6:5

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	יְמֵי֙ ye.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct
vow	נֶ֣דֶר Ne.der	H5088	a promise (to God) · noun, common masculine singular construct
separation	נִזְר֔וֹ niz.Ro	H5145	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
razor	תַּ֖עַר Ta.'ar	H8593	a knife or razor (as making bare) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
come	יַעֲבֹ֣ר ya.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
head	רֹאשׁ֑וֹ ro.Sho	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
days	הַיָּמִ֜ם hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
fulfilled	מְלֹ֨את me.Lot	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, qal infinitive construct
separateth	יַזִּ֤יר ya.Zir	H5144	to hold aloof · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	לַיהוָה֙ la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
holy	קָדֹ֣שׁ ka.Dosh	H6918	sacred (ceremonially or morally) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
locks	פֶּ֖רַע Pe.ra'	H6545	the hair (as dishevelled) · noun, common masculine singular construct
hair	שְׂעַ֥ר se.'Ar	H8181	hair (as if tossed or bristling) · noun, common masculine singular construct
head	רֹאשֽׁוֹ ro.Sho	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
grow	גַּדֵּ֥ל ga.Del	H1431	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses · verb, piel infinitive construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forge…
Judges 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb:…
Judges 16:17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my m…
Judges 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began…
Lamentations 4:7-8 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
1 Corinthians 11:10-15 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:1-21

After the law for the discovery and shame of those that by sin had made themselves vile, fitly follows this for the direction and encouragement of those who by their eminent piety and devotion had made themselves honourable, and distinguished themselves from their neighbours. It is very probable that there were those before the making of this law who went under the character of Nazarites, and were celebrated by that title as persons professing greater strictness and zeal in religion than other people; for the vow of a Nazarite is spoken of here as a thing already well known, but the obligation of it is reduced to a greater certainty than hitherto it had been. Joseph is called a Nazarite amon…

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John Gill on Numbers 6:5

All the days of the vow of his separation,.... Be the time he has vowed to be a Nazarite a week, a, month, or more, even a thousand days, but not less than thirty, as Ben Gersom observes: there shall no razor come upon his head; he might not shave his beard, nor cut off his locks, and shave his head, nor cut short his locks with a pair of scissors, nor any with anything by which the hair may be removed, as Ben Gersom; nor pluck off his hair with his hands, as Maimonides says (x); but let it grow as long as it would during the time of his separation, which is expressed in the latter part of the verse: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord; to his serv…

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John Calvin on Numbers 6:1-21

Numbers 6:1-21 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 1. Et loquutus est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo, 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord; 2. Alloquere filios Israel, et dic eis, Vir aut mulier quum separaverit se vovendo votum Nazaraei, ad separandum se Jehovae: 3. He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 3. A vino et sicera separabit se, acetum vini, et acetum sicerae non bibet, neque ullum liquor…

Dictionary and topics

Barber — Found only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the Jewish custom of shaving the head as a sign of mourning. The Nazarites were untouched by the razor from their birth (Num. 6:5). Comp.…
Hair — (1.) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. “So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a…
Handicraft — (Acts 18:3; 19:25; Revelation 18:22) A trade was taught to ail the Jewish boys as a necessary part of their education. Even the greatest rabbis maintained themselves by trades (Delitzsch). Says Rabbi…
John the Baptist — The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr.…
Knife — (1.) Heb. hereb, “the waster,” a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. “knives of flint;” comp. Ex. 4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe (Ezek. 26:9). (2.)…
Lock — The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used, and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an opening in…
Nazarite — (Heb. form Nazirite), the name of such Israelites as took on them the vow prescribed in Num. 6:2-21. The word denotes generally one who is separated from others and consecrated to God. Although there…
Razor — The Nazarites were forbidden to make use of the razor (Num. 6:5; Judg. 13:5). At their consecration the Levites were shaved all over with a razor (Num. 8:7; comp. Ps. 52:2; Ezek. 5:1).
Samson — Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a “Nazarite unto God” from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5;…
Fraternity · .The Nazarites, vows of

Numbers 6:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:1-21

John Gill on Numbers 6:5

John Calvin on Numbers 6:1-21

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Numbers 6:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:1-21

John Gill on Numbers 6:5

John Calvin on Numbers 6:1-21

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Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 6:1-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 6:5

Rashi on Numbers 6:5