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נָזִיר noun masculine Gen 49:26 one consecrated, devoted (׳ נזיר י (of Samuel); compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 3262] RSSemitic i. 463,2d ed. 483); — ׳ נ absolute Num 6:2 + 5 t.; construct נְזִיר Gen 49:26 + 4 t.; suffix נְזִירֶ֑ךְ Lev 25:5 plural נְזִרִים Amos 2:11; Amos 2:12 suffix נְוִדֶיהָ Lev 25:11, נְזִירֶיהָ Lam 4:7 —
1. of prince, ruler, as consecrated:
נְזִיר אֶחָיו
Lam 49:26
(poem in
J
), one consecrated among his brethren, = Deut 33:16 compare נְזִירֶיהָ
Lam 4:7
her princes.
2. specifically of one dedicated to
׳
י by vow involving abstinence from intoxicants, from touching corpse, and from cutting hair
(compare נֵזֶר
2), devotee (GFM),
Nazirite:
אֱלּהִים
׳
נ
God's devotee, of Samson Judg 13:5; Judg 13:7; Judg 16:17 (exceptionally, from birth); usually voluntary Amos 2:11; Amos 2:12, and for limited time,
compare ׳
נֶדֶר נ
Num 6:2 (of man or
woman; compare PeritzJBL xvii (1898), 128), ׳
תּוֺרַת נ Num 6:13 Num 6:21, also Num 6:18 Num 6:19 Num 6:20 (all
P
; compare also נֵזֶר). — On Naz. see GFM
Judg 13:5
Dr
Amos 2:11
, especially GrillJPTh. 1880, 645-680
NowArchaeology ii, § 97
BenzArchaeology 429 f.
GrayJThs. Jan. 1900, 201 ff.
3. = untrimmed vine (like Nazirite with unshorn hair) Lev 25:5; Lev 25:11 (
H
P
).