Exodus 23:18:3Exod.23.18.W3TAB
דַּם־זִבְחִ֑י
damzivkhi
“the blood of my sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- dam-ziv-KHI
- Extended
- dahm-ziv-KHEE
- IPA
- /dam.ziv.ˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the blood of my sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dam-ziv-KHI
- clause
lo-tiz-BAKH al-kha-METS dam-ziv-KHI
- sentence
lo-tiz-BAKH al-kha-METS dam-ziv-KHI ve-lo-ya-LIN khe-lev-kha-GI ad-BO-ker
Exegesis
In the first clause, the construct dām-zīvḥî {דָּם־זִבְחִי | dām-zīv-ḥî} ‘blood of my sacrifice’ is governed by ʿal-ḥamēṣ {עַל־חָמֵץ | ʿal-ḥā-mēṣ} ‘upon leaven’, prohibiting mixing sacrificial blood with fermented products.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–het
“to slaughter for ritual sacrifice”
In context — Exodus 23:18
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened , and the fat of My festival shall not remain until morning.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:18, so the Hebrew word דַּם־זִבְחִ֑י (damzivkhi) 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 Exod.23.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.18.W3.S1) and character.