Jeremiah 22:17:8Jer.22.17.W8TAB

דַּֽם־הַנָּקִי֙

damhanaki

the blood of the innocent

Transliteration
dam-ha-na-KI
Extended
dahm-hah-naa-KEE
IPA
/dam.hanːaːˈqiː/

Meaning by language

English
the blood of the innocent

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דַּֽם + הַ + נָּ + קִי֙
dam + ha + na + ki
damhanaki

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    dam-ha-na-KI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI

  3. clause

    ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT

  4. sentence

    KI EN e-NE-kha ve-LIB-be-kha KI im-al-BIT-se-e-kha ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT

Exegesis

A sequence of prepositional phrases introduced by wə-ʿal {וְעַל | wə-ʿal} enumerates each object of misplaced focus: biṣ-ʿe-khā {בִּצְעֶךָ | biṣ-ʿe-khā} ‘your gain,’ dām han-nā-qî {דַּם־הַנָּקִי | dam han-nā-qî} ‘innocent blood,’ hā-ʿō-šeq {הָעֹשֶׁק | hā-ʿō-šeq} ‘oppression,’ and ham-mə-rû-ṣāh {הַמְּרוּצָה | ham-mə-rû-ṣāh} ‘violence.’

Root and etymology

RootDalet–Mem–Mem

blood

In contextJeremiah 22:17

For your eyes and your heart are fixed only on selfish gain and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and on violence.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 22:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 22:17, so the Hebrew word דַּֽם־הַנָּקִי֙ (damhanaki) 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.22.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.17.W8.S1) and character.