Deuteronomy 21:8:7Deut.21.8.W7TAB
דָּ֣ם
dam
“blood”
- Transliteration
- DAM
- Extended
- DAAM
- IPA
- /ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- blood
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
DAM
- phraseyour reading level
DAM na-KI
- clause
ka-PEIR le-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER pa-DEE-ta Ye-ho-VAH ve-AL ti-TEN DAM na-KI be-KE-rev am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ka-PEIR le-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER pa-DEE-ta Ye-ho-VAH ve-AL ti-TEN DAM na-KI be-KE-rev am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL ve-ni-ka-PEIR la-HEM ha-DAM
Exegesis
The prohibition we-al-titten {וְאַל־תִּתֵּן | wəʾal-tittēn} ‘and do not give’ + dam nāqi {דָּם נָקִי | dām nāqī} ‘innocent blood’ functions as a legal injunction against laying guilt for innocent life.
Root and etymology
d-md-m
“blood”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:8
Atone for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, O LORD , and do not place innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel. Then the blood shall be atoned for them.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 21:8, so the Hebrew word דָּ֣ם (dam) 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.21.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.8.W7.S1) and character.