Words the Bible translates as incision
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥaritsחָרִיץa cut: a piece sliced off, such as a cheese, or a sharp iron tool used for cutting
- seretשֶׂרֶטa cut slashed into the skin: the gash a mourner opened in his own flesh for someone who had died
- qa'aqaקַעֲקַעa puncture pricked into the skin: the deep marking that drives pigment in and makes it permanent
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