שָׂרַטsâraṭ

incise, scratch

Pronunciation: saw-rat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8295

Meanings

Qal: shall make no incision, shall be severely scratched (Leviticus 21:5; Zechariah 12:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 21:5 “The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies.
  • Zechariah 12:3 On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).