Leviticus 16:14:2Lev.16.14.W2TAB
מִדַּ֣ם
mihddahm
“from the blood of”
- Transliteration
- mihd-DAHM
- Extended
- mihd-DAHM
- IPA
- /midˈdam/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the blood of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mihd-DAHM
- phraseyour reading level
mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR
- clause
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
Exegesis
This is followed by the prepositional phrase middam {מִדַּ֣ם | mî-dam} ‘from the blood’ and the definite noun happar {הַפָּ֔ר | hap-pār} ‘the bull,’ specifying the source of the sacrificial substance.
Root and etymology
ד־מ
“blood, life”
In context — Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take from the blood of the bull and, with his finger , sprinkle it upon the face of the atonement cover , eastward; and before the atonement cover he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:14, so the Hebrew word מִדַּ֣ם (mihddahm) 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.16.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.14.W2.S1) and character.