The Meaning of Deuteronomy 14:1 Explained

Deuteronomy 14:1

KJV: Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

YLT: Sons ye are to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

Darby: Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

ASV: Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye [are] the children  of the LORD  your God:  ye shall not cut  yourselves, nor make  any baldness  between your eyes  for the dead. 

What does Deuteronomy 14:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 14

1  God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning
3  What may and may not be eaten
4  of animals
9  of fishes
11  of fowls
21  That which dies of itself may not be eaten
22  Tithes of Divine Service
23  Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord
28  The third year's tithe of alms and charity

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 14:1 mean?

The sons You [are] of Yahweh your God not you shall cut yourselves nor shave baldness between your eyes on behalf of the dead
בָּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ וְלֹֽא־ תָשִׂ֧ימוּ קָרְחָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם לָמֵֽת

בָּנִ֣ים  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַתֶּ֔ם  You  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine plural
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
לַֽיהוָ֖ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ  you  shall  cut  yourselves 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: גָּדַד 
Sense: to penetrate, cut, attack, invade.
וְלֹֽא־  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תָשִׂ֧ימוּ  shave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
קָרְחָ֛ה  baldness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קָרַח  
Sense: baldness, bald.
בֵּ֥ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם  your  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc, second person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
לָמֵֽת  on  behalf  of  the  dead 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.