Leviticus 15:19:4Lev.15.19.W4TAB
דָּ֛ם
dam
“blood”
- Transliteration
- DAM
- Extended
- DAAM
- IPA
- /ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- blood
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
DAM
- clause
ve-i-SHAH kee-ti-YEH za-VAH DAM yih-YEH zo-VAH biv-sa-RAH
- sentence
ve-i-SHAH kee-ti-YEH za-VAH DAM yih-YEH zo-VAH biv-sa-RAH shiv-AT ya-MIM tih-YEH be-nid-da-TAH veh-KHOL-hah-no-GEH-ah BAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
Blood is then specified by the predicate nominative dām {דָּ֛ם | dām} ‘blood’ and the spatial phrase biv-sā-rāh {בִּבְשָׂרָ֑הּ | biv-sā-rāh} ‘in her flesh’, localizing the condition.
Root and etymology
ד־מ
“blood, lifeblood”
In context — Leviticus 15:19
And when a woman has a discharge and the discharge is blood in her flesh, she shall be unclean for seven days , and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:19, so the Hebrew word דָּ֛ם (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.15.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.19.W4.S1) and character.