Leviticus 16:18:8Lev.16.18.W8TAB
מִדַּ֤ם הַפָּר֙
midam hapar
“from the blood of the bull”
- Transliteration
- mi-DAM ha-PAR
- Extended
- mih-DAM hah-PAAR
- IPA
- /midˈdam.hapˈpaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the blood of the bull
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-DAM ha-PAR
- clause
ve-la-KAKH mi-DAM ha-PAR u-mi-DAM ha-sa-EER ve-na-TAN al-KAR-not ham-miz-BEH-akh sa-VIV
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-ham-miz-BEH-akh a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-PER a-LAV ve-la-KAKH mi-DAM ha-PAR u-mi-DAM ha-sa-EER ve-na-TAN al-KAR-not ham-miz-BEH-akh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The paired objects midam hapar umidam hasa’ir {מִדַּם הַפָּר וּמִדַּם הַשָּׂעִ֔יר | mid-dām hap-pār ū-mid-dām has-sā-ʿîr} reflect the dual blood offerings of the bull and the goat.
Root and etymology
ד-מ
“blood, life”
In context — Leviticus 16:18
Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD , and he shall make atonement for it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:18, so the Hebrew word מִדַּ֤ם הַפָּר֙ (midam hapar) 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.16.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.18.W8.S1) and character.