נזיר

Hebrew

Etymology

From נזר‎ (nāzar, literally “to separate”)

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈziʁ/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naːˈziːr/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔːˈziːr/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːzəʁ/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈzir/

Noun

נָזִיר • (nazír) m (plural indefinite נְזִירִים‎, singular construct נְזִיר־) [pattern: קָטִיל]

Nazarite.
- Numbers 6:2, with translation of the King James Version:
  ‏אִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה כִּי יַפְלִא לִנְדֹּר נֶדֶר נָזִיר‎‎
  When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite
monk, friar

Descendants

English: Nazarite

Further reading

נזיר‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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