Jeremiah 19:4:19Jer.19.4.W19TAB
דַּ֥ם
dam
“blood of”
- Transliteration
- DAM
- Extended
- DAHM
- IPA
- /ˈdam/
Meaning by language
- English
- blood of
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
DAM
- phraseyour reading level
DAM ne-ki-YIM
- clause
u-mal-E-u et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE DAM ne-ki-YIM
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-nak-KHE-ru et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM HE-ma va-a-vo-te-HEM u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mal-E-u et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE DAM ne-ki-YIM
Exegesis
The final image, dam neqiyyim {דַּ֥ם נְקִיִּֽם | dam neqiyyim} ‘blood of the innocent’, conveys the gravity of sacrificial violence.
Root and etymology
“blood, life”
In context — Jeremiah 19:4
Because they have forsaken Me and have estranged this place, burning incense here to other gods that neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah had known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocent .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:4:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Jeremiah 19:4, so the Hebrew word דַּ֥ם (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 Jer.19.4.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.4.W19.S1) and character.