1 Samuel 14:34:191 Sam.14.34.W19TAB
אֶל־הַדָּ֑ם
elhadam
“with the blood”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-DAM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hadˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-ha-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lěʼĕkōl ’el–hādām {לֶאֱכֹל אֶל־הַדָּם | lěʼĕkōl ’el–hādām} marks the prohibition rooted in life-blood symbolism.
Root and etymology
ד־מ
“blood, life essence”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:34:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַדָּ֑ם (elhadam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.14.34.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W19.S1) and character.