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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 6:7/אבן עזרא על במדבר ו׳:ז׳

אלאביו ולאמו. ואף כי לאשתו ולבתו ולאחרים ויש אומרים כי מלת נזיר מגזרת נזר והעד כי נזר אלהיו על ראשו ואיננו רחוק ודע כי כל בני אדם עבדי תאות העולם והמלך באמת שיש לו נזר ועטרת מלכות בראשו כל מי שהוא חפשי מן התאות:

1FOR HIS FATHER, OR FOR HIS MOTHER. And certainly not for his wife, his daughter, and others. Some say that the word nazir (Nazirite) is related to the word nezer (crown). Because his consecration (nezer) unto God is upon his head¹⁹) his God is upon his head.” is proof of this. This interpretation is not farfetched.²⁰. Note that most people are slaves to worldly lusts. The true king, the one who has a crown, the one who wears the royal diadem, is the person who is free from this lust.²¹, the one who wears the crown.