כָּסַם

«כָּסַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: shear — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 3697 · BDB: כָּסַם

Glosses

surely.(trim) (1); they.will.trim (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

shear tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shear, clip tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. shear, clip (Assyrian kasâmu, cut in pieces, according to DlHWB 344);—only Impf. and Inf. abs. כָּסוֹם יִכְסְמוּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁיהֶם Ez 44:20 they shall by all means clip their heads (opp. יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ shave and יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ, i.e. let grow freely).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כָּסַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezekiel 44:20

וְרֹאשָׁם֙ לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ וּפֶ֖רַע לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ כָּס֥וֹם יִכְסְמ֖וּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: and head their not they.will.shave and hair not they.will.let.loose surely.(trim) they.will.trim (et) heads their

JPS 1917: Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

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