נָזִיר
Used: 16 times · Key: 5139 · BDB: נָזִיר
Glosses
the.Nazirite (3); Nazirite (2); Nazirites (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
one consecrated tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. one consecrated, devoted tree →
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).
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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;
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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