Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3697 - כָּסַם kasam (to shear)

Original Word:	כָּסַם
Transliteration:	kasam
Definition:	to shear, clip
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(kaw-sam')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

only, poll

A primitive root; to shear -- X only, poll. Compare kircem.

see HEBREW kircem

Englishman's Concordance

1) (Qal) to cut, clip, trim, shear
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1013

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[כָּסַם] verbshear, clip (Assyrian kasâmu, cut in pieces, according to Dl^{HWB 344}); — only

QalImperfect and Infinitive absoluteכָּסוֺם יִכְסְמוּ אֶתרָֿאשֵׁיהֶםEzekiel 44:20they shall by all means clip their heads (opposed to יְגַלֵּ֔חוּshave and יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ, i.e. let grow freely).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3697. כָּסַם (kasam) — 2 Occurrences

Ezekiel 44:20
HEB:לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ כָּס֥וֹם יִכְסְמ֖וּ אֶת־
NAS: grow long; they shall only trim
KJV: to grow long; they shall only poll
INT: not grow shall only trim their heads

Ezekiel 44:20
HEB:יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ כָּס֥וֹם יִכְסְמ֖וּ אֶת־ רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃
NAS: they shall only trim [the hair of] their heads.
KJV: they shall only poll their heads.
INT: grow shall only trim their heads

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