נזיר

נזיר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ז־ר‎ (n-z-r)

From נזר‎ (nizár, 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]

1. 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

2. monk, friar

Derived terms

• נזירות‎

Descendants

• English: Nazarite

Further reading

• נזיר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he