Lexical Summary kasam: to shear, clip Original Word: כָּסַםTransliteration: kasam Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sam') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to shear, clip Meaning: to shear, clip Strong's Concordance only, poll A primitive root; to shear -- X only, poll. Compare kircem. see HEBREW kircem Brown-Driver-Briggs H3697. kasam [כָּסַם] verb shear, clip (Assyrian kasâmu, cut in pieces, according to DlHWB 344); — only Qal Imperfect and Infinitive absolute אֶתרָֿאשֵׁיהֶם יִכְסְמוּ כָּסוֺם Ezekiel 44:20 they shall by all means clip their heads (opposed to יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ shave and יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ, i.e. let grow freely). |