Deuteronomy 17:8:7Deut.17.8.W7TAB
לְדָ֜ם
ledam
“and blood”
- Transliteration
- le-DAM
- Extended
- leh-DAAM
Meaning by language
- English
- and blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
bein-DAM le-DAM
- clause
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
In context — Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge—between blood and blood, between case and case, or between affliction and affliction—matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God will choose .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word לְדָ֜ם (ledam) 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 Deut.17.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W7.S1) and character.