שֶׂרֶטsereṭ
שֶׂ֫רֶט: incision (Leviticus 19:28)
Pronunciation: seh'-ret · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8296
Meanings
שָׂרֶ֫טֶת: id., see verb Qal (Leviticus 21:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 19:28 “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.
- Leviticus 21:5 “The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies.
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).