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שָׂרֶטֶת

sa.re.tet

incision

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Strong’s H8296bNoun, masculine or feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

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Translated as

cuts1

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Leviticus 21:5שָׂרָטֶת
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׂרֶ֫טֶת] n.f. id. [u.cg.ab];—Lv 21:5

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.