mo.rah denotes the cutting instrument kept from, or not brought upon, a consecrated person's head.

The attested use is a cutting instrument in prohibitions concerning its coming upon a person's head: the clauses in 1 Samuel 1:11, Judges 13:5, and Judges 16:17 link that restriction to lifelong dedication from birth.

1. Instrument barred from the head · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 1:11, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the vow that no such instrument shall go up upon the promised son's head. Judges 13:5 and Judges 16:17 likewise place it in statements that it shall not come upon the head; the latter verse immediately describes shaving and the loss of strength.

   1 Samuel 1:11Judges 13:5Judges 16:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across 1 Samuel 1:11, Judges 13:5, and Judges 16:17, the APB presents the clause with “razor” and says that it shall not go up or come upon the head. The verse is read as a whole, but its repeated wording confirms the head-related restriction.