na.zar describes setting oneself apart to the LORD under a vow marked by specified abstentions and obligations.

The attested use describes a person setting himself or herself apart to the LORD under a vow; the surrounding verses specify abstaining from products of the vine, allowing hair to grow, and avoiding a dead person, while Numbers 6:12 depicts doing so again after consecration has been defiled.

1. Set oneself apart to the LORD under a vow · dominant

   The Hiphil infinitives in Numbers 6:2 and Numbers 6:6 frame the vowed separation to the LORD and its period of separation. The Hiphil imperfects in Numbers 6:3 and Numbers 6:5 occur with its concrete requirements: abstaining from wine and grape products, and not allowing a razor to pass over the head; in Numbers 6:12 the sequential perfect describes again separating himself to the LORD after his consecration was defiled.

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In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the clause with "separate himself to the LORD," "his separation to the LORD," and "again separate himself to the LORD." These phrases confirm the clause-level presentation rather than establish separate meanings.