Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleYou must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. Young's Literal Translation ‘And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I [am] Jehovah. King James Bible Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD. Hebrew You must notלֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no make any cuts וְשֶׂ֣רֶט (wə·śe·reṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8296: An incision in your bodies בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם (biḇ·śar·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man for the dead לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ (lā·ne·p̄eš) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion or put תִתְּנ֖וּ (ṯit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set tattoo קַֽעֲקַ֔ע (qa·‘ă·qa‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7085: An incision, imprint, tattoo marks on yourselves. וּכְתֹ֣בֶת (ū·ḵə·ṯō·ḇeṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3793: A letter, branded I אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel |