Joshua 20:3:11Josh.20.3.W11TAB
הַדָּֽם׃
hadam
“of blood”
- Transliteration
- ha-DAM
- Extended
- hah-DAAM
- IPA
- /hadˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of blood
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-DAM
- clause
ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-mik-LAT mig-go-EL ha-DAM
- sentence
la-NUS SHA-mah ro-TSE-akh ma-KEH-NE-fesh bish-ga-GAH biv-LI-DA-at ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-mik-LAT mig-go-EL ha-DAM
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase miggoel haddam {מִגֹּאֵ֖ל הַדָּֽם | miggōʾēl haddām} frames the protection in judicial-social terms: refuge is specifically “from” the blood-avenger, the authorized claimant in kin justice.
In context — Joshua 20:3
The manslayer who strikes a person unintentionally without knowledge may flee there, and they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 20:3, so the Hebrew word הַדָּֽם׃ (hadam) 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 Josh.20.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.3.W11.S1) and character.