Leviticus 14:17:18Lev.14.17.W18TAB
דַּ֥ם
dam
“the blood”
- Transliteration
- DAM
- Extended
- DAHM
- IPA
- /dam/
Meaning by language
- English
- the blood
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 ha-a-SHAM
- clause
AL DAM ha-a-SHAM
- sentence
oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT AL DAM ha-a-SHAM
Exegesis
The final clause al-dam ha-asham {עַל דַּ֥ם הָאָשָֽׁם | ʿal dām hāʾāšām} ‘upon the blood of the guilt offering’ links the anointing to sacrificial atonement. The orderly Hebrew sequence is mirrored in English to preserve the ritual’s spatial and theological precision.
Root and etymology
d-m-mDalet-Mem-Mem
“blood”
In context — Leviticus 14:17
And from the remainder of the oil on his palm, the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed , and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:17:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 14:17, 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 Lev.14.17.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.17.W18.S1) and character.