The Meaning of Numbers 6:7 Explained

Numbers 6:7

KJV: He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

YLT: for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister -- he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God is on his head;

Darby: He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister when they die; for the consecration of his God is upon his head.

ASV: He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He shall not make himself unclean  for his father,  or for his mother,  for his brother,  or for his sister,  when they die:  because the consecration  of his God  [is] upon his head. 

What does Numbers 6:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 6:1-12 - The Vow Of Separation
The law of the Nazarite is full of instruction, because he is a type of the child of God who is separated from evil, that he may be wholly surrendered and given over to the divine service. Three rules were enjoined. Not to touch any product of the vine. If we must have exhilaration and stimulus, let us seek it in the Holy Spirit, not in worldly excitement, Ephesians 5:18-19. Not to cut the hair. The unshorn locks signified the dedication of the natural powers to God's service. Let us beware of Delilah. Many are the razors waiting to deprive us of our crown, Judges 16:19. Not to touch the dead, however dear; teaching that the kingdom of God must supersede all earthly ties.
If our separation breaks down, Numbers 6:9-12, we must seek forgiveness and restoration; but the former days will not count. One sin may mar the power of a whole life of saintly testimony. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 6

1  The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation
13  And after their completion
22  The form of blessing the people

What do the individual words in Numbers 6:7 mean?

Even for his father or his mother for his brother or his sister not He shall make himself unclean - when they die because his separation to God [is] on his head
לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ לְאָחִיו֙ וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ לֹא־ יִטַּמָּ֥א לָהֶ֖ם בְּמֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י נֵ֥זֶר אֱלֹהָ֖יו עַל־ רֹאשֽׁוֹ

לְאָבִ֣יו  Even  for  his  father 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ  or  his  mother 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
לְאָחִיו֙  for  his  brother 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ  or  his  sister 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
יִטַּמָּ֥א  He  shall  make  himself  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
לָהֶ֖ם  - 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
בְּמֹתָ֑ם  when  they  die 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
כִּ֛י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
נֵ֥זֶר  his  separation  to 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נֵזֶר  
Sense: consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteship.
אֱלֹהָ֖יו  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
עַל־  [is]  on 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
רֹאשֽׁוֹ  his  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.

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