BDB5102 [H5145]

נֵ֫זֶר noun masculine^{Ps 132:18} consecration, crown, Naziriteship; — ׳נ absolute 2Sam 1:10 +; construct Exod 29:6 +; suffix נִזֵרוֺ Ps 89:40 +, נִזְרֵךְ Jer 7:29 —

1. crown (sign of consecration; We^{Skizzeu iii. 118} compare Syriac קדשא [], earring; see also Gei^{Jüd. Zeitschr. x. 45 ff.} on נֶזֶם):
\ \ a. of king 2Sam 1:10; 2Kgs 11:12 = 2Chr 23:11 symbol of royal power Ps 89:40; Ps 132:18 compare Prov 27:24 ׳אַבְּנֵי נ Zech 9:16 stones of a crown, diadem (probably; > We Now — who strike out, compare GASm — stones of charming, from use of precious stones as charms.
\ \ b. of high priest, הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳נ Exod 29:6, made of gold Exod 39:30; Lev 8:9 (all P).

2. woman's hair (originally probably of long hair as sign of consecration, as in Nazirite vow, compare Num 6:19 below, and נָזַיר also We^{Sklzzen iii. 117, 107; Arab. Heidenthum 2, p. 143} RS^{Semitic i. 464. 2d ed. 483}), Jer 7:29 (of personified Jerusalem).

3. consecration
\ \ a. of high priest עליו ׳שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת א ׳נ Lev 21:12 (P) the consecration of the oil of anointing of his God is upon him.
\ \ b. in Num 6 (P), specifically of Nazirite consecration (compare נָזִיר) : אֱלֹהָיו עָלָיו ׳נ Num 6:7, נֶדֶר נִזְרוֺ vNum 6:5, ׳טָמֵא נ vNum 6:12, ׳ראֹשׁ נ (because of unshorn hair) vNum 6:9 vNum 6:18 vNum 6:18, ׳(כָּלֿ) יְמֵי נ vNum 6:4 vNum 6:8 vNum 6:12 vNum 6:13 ׳תּוֺרַת נ vNum 6:21 b compare ׳עַלנֿ vNum 6:21a; in vNum 6:19 ׳נ = the hair of his consecration (compare Jer 7:29 above).

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