Leviticus 21:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

Young's Literal Translation
they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

King James Bible
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Hebrew
Priests must not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

make bald
יִקְרְח֤וּ (yiq·rə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7139: To make bald

spots on their heads,
בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם (bə·rō·šām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

shave off the edges
וּפְאַ֥ת (ū·p̄ə·’aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremity

of their beards,
זְקָנָ֖ם (zə·qā·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2206: Beard, chin

or make
יִשְׂרְט֖וּ (yiś·rə·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8295: To incise, scratch

cuts
שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ (śā·rā·ṭeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8296: An incision

in their bodies.
וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם (ū·ḇiḇ·śā·rām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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