hair oor Xhosa

hair

/heə(r)/, /hɛə/, /hɛɹ/ naamwoord

(countable) A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head.

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Iinwele

protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin; one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair

Healthy hair that is tastefully styled adorns its wearer and is admired by others.
Iinwele ezisempilweni ezilungiswe kakuhle zimenza mhle umninizo yaye ziyathandwa ngabanye.

Hair

HaIr

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When she heard that he was coming, she put on makeup, did her hair, and waited by her upstairs window.
Xa wevayo ukuba uyeza, uIzebhele wazilungisa ubuso neenwele waza waya kumlinda ngakwifestile ekwigumbi eliphezulu.

A willing tool of the Philistines, she nags him until he discloses that his Nazirite devotion to Jehovah, as symbolized in his long hair, is the real source of his great strength.
Ekubeni esisixhobo esivumayo samaFilisti, urhwebesha uSamson de amtyhilele ukuba ukunikelwa kwakhe njengoMahlulwa kuYehova, njengoko kufuziselwa ziinwele zakhe ezinde, kungumthombo wokwenene wamandla akhe amakhulu.

By their being sent into captivity, their baldness is to be broadened out “like that of the eagle” —apparently a type of vulture that has only a few soft hairs on its head.
Ekubeni beye bathunyelwa ekuthinjweni, impandla yabo iza kwenziwa banzi “njengaleyo yokhozi”—imele ukuba lixhalanga olu khozi kuthethwa ngalo apha ekubeni ililo elingenazintsiba entloko.

Here the vibrations move through the fluid in the cochlea, the snail-shaped hearing part of the inner ear that contains the hair cells.
Oku kushukuma kuhamba ngolwelo olukwicochlea, ilungu lendlebe elingaphakathi elinoboya, elimile njengosinyeke.

The hoary hairs fall like the white blossoms of the almond tree.
Iinwele ezingwevu ziphuma njengokutyatyamba kwamagqabi amhlophe omthi womamangile.

One month later when he attended his first meeting at the Kingdom Hall, his clothes were disheveled, his hair long, and his beard bushy.
Kwisithuba esingangenyanga kamva, waya eHolweni yoBukumkani isihlandlo sokuqala, enxibe xazalala, eneenwele ezinde nentshebe ende edlakadlaka.

They do not weep, cut their hair, or wear sackcloth as a sign of repentance.
Abalili, okanye bachebe iinwele, okanye banxibe amarhonya ukubonisa ukuguquka kwabo.

But the apostle Paul counseled: “I desire the women to adorn themselves in well- arranged dress, with modesty and soundness of mind, not with styles of hair braiding and gold or pearls or very expensive garb.” —1 Timothy 2:9.
Kodwa umpostile uPawulos waluleka esithi: “Mabathi abafazi banxibe iingubo ezifanelekileyo, beneentloni, benesidima, ingabi kukuphotha iinwele, nokunxitywa kwegolide neeperile, nesambatho esixabiso likhulu.” —1 Timoti 2:9.

It was prepared by scraping the hair from washed skins, which were then stretched upon frames to dry.
Zazisenziwa ngokususwa koboya kwizikhumba ezihlanjiweyo, izikhumba ezazizisithi emva koko zolulelwe phezu kophahla ukuze zome.

Figures from Greek mythology, such as a snake-haired Medusa and a centaur, half man and half horse.
Yimifanekiso yezinto zeentsomi zamaGrike, ezinjengesithixokazi esinguMedusa esasineenwele ezazenziwe zanjengeenyoka nehashe lasentsomini, elalinomzimba wehashe nentloko yomntu.

They were to let their hair grow long —a sign of submission to Jehovah, just as women were to be in subjection to their husbands or fathers.
Babefanele baziyeke iinwele zabo zikhule zibe nde—uphawu lokubonisa ukuthobela kwabo uYehova, kanye njengokuba amabhinqa ezithoba kubayeni okanye kooyise.

The apostle Paul offered the inspired guidance: “I desire the women to adorn themselves in well-arranged dress, with modesty and soundness of mind, not with styles of hair braiding and gold or pearls or very expensive garb.”
Umpostile uPawulos wanikela ukhokelo oluphefumlelweyo esithi: “Mabathi nabafazi banxibe iingubo ezifanelekileyo, beneentloni, benesidima, ingabi kukuphotha iinwele, nokunxitywa kwegolide neeperile, nesambatho esixabiso likhulu.”

Shortly before that, at a congregation meeting in a neighboring village, I had met Lidiya, a modest dark-haired girl.
Kancinane nje ngaphambi koko, kwelinye ibandla elikwidolophana eselumelwaneni ndandibone uLidiya, intombazana enesidima eneenwele ezimnyama.

3 His aeyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his bcountenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his cvoice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of dJehovah, saying:
3 aAmehlo ayo ayenjengedangatye lomlilo; iinwele zentloko yayo zazinjengekhephu elisulungekileyo; bimbonakalo yayo iqaqambe ngaphezu kokuqaqamba kwelanga; cnelizwi layo lalinjengesandi samanzi amaninzi, nkqu ilizwi dlikaYehova, lisithi:

Gray hair and wrinkles eventually catch up with those who have been married for many years.
Abo bebetshate kangangeminyaka emininzi ekugqibeleni baba nezimvi namanya.

(Esther 2:13, 15-17) She exemplified Peter’s words: “Do not let your adornment be that of the external braiding of the hair and of the putting on of gold ornaments or the wearing of outer garments, but let it be the secret person of the heart in the incorruptible apparel of the quiet and mild spirit, which is of great value in the eyes of God.”
(Estere 2: 13, 15-17) Wamisela umzekelo kumazwi kaPetros athi: “Ukuhomba kwenu makungabi kokwangaphandle, kokulukwa kweenwele, nokunxitywa kwegolide, nokwambathwa kweengubo; makube kokomntu ofihlakeleyo wentliziyo, ovethe ukungonakali, umoya onobulali, ozolileyo, oxabiso likhulu emehlweni kaThixo.”

6 Our hairs numbered?
6 Ngaba neenwele zethu zibaliwe?

The book Men’s Hair makes the following suggestions for effective shaving with a blade.
Incwadi ethi Men’s Hair inikela la macebiso alandelayo ngendlela yokutsheva kakuhle ngencakuba.

11 Today, it is known that characteristics you inherited from your parents and forebears —such as your height, facial features, eye and hair color, and thousands of other traits— were determined by your genes.
11 Namhlanje, iyaziwa into yokuba imfuza yenza umntu abe neempawu zabazali nookhokho bakhe—njengesithomo, ingxam yobuso, umbala wamehlo noweenwele, njalo njalo.

Only those set aside as Nazirites, such as Samson, did not cut their hair. —Numbers 6:5; Judges 13:5.
NgamaNaziri afana noSamson kuphela awayengazichebi iinwele. —Numeri 6:5; ABagwebi 13:5.

(1 Peter 2:22) He did not behave improperly even when a woman who was widely known as a sinner, perhaps a prostitute, “wept and started to wet his feet with her tears and she would wipe them off with the hair of her head.”
(1 Petros 2:22) Akazange aziphathe ngokungafanelekanga kwanaxa ibhinqa elalisaziwa ngokubanzi njengomoni, mhlawumbi ihenyukazi lathi ‘lalila laza lazifefa iinyawo zakhe ngeenyembezi zalo, lazisula ngeenwele zentloko yalo.’

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Nina ke, kwaneenwele ezi zentloko yenu zibaliwe zonke.

Not the hair itself, but what it stood for, that is, Samson’s special relationship with Jehovah as a Nazirite, was the source of his strength.
Yayingezonwele kuphela ezazingumthombo wamandla kaSamson, kodwa yayikoko zazikumela, nto leyo ethetha ukuba yayilulwalamano olukhethekileyo awayenalo uSamson noYehova njengomNaziri.

One of the first evidences of his change was that he cut short his long hair and shaved off his straggly beard.
Obunye ubungqina bokuqala bokutshintsha kwayo kuxa yaphungula iinwele zayo ezazinde yaza yacheba intshebe yayo eyayidlakadlaka.

16 The fact that Jehovah has numbered ‘the very hairs of our head’ gives us some idea of the kind of observant and caring God we are privileged to worship.
16 Isibakala sokuba uYehova ebala ‘neenwele zentloko yethu’ sibonisa indlela anenyameko ngayo uThixo esimnqulayo.