Leviticus 17:10:10Lev.17.10.W10TAB
כָּל־דָּ֑ם
koldam
“any blood”
- Transliteration
- kol-DAM
- Extended
- kohl-DAAM
- IPA
- /kolˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- any blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
kol-DAM
- clause
ve-ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER yo-KHAL kol-DAM
- sentence
ve-ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER yo-KHAL kol-DAM ve-na-ta-TI fa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-o-KHE-let et-ha-DAM ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TAH mi-KE-rev am-MAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yokhal kol-dam {אֲשֶׁר יֹאכַל כָּל־דָּם | ’ăšer yô’k̂al kol-dām} defines the prohibition as ‘eats any blood.’
Root and etymology
RootDalet-Mem
“blood”
In context — Leviticus 17:10
Should any man of the house of Israel or any sojourner residing among them eat blood, I will set My face against the nefesh consuming blood and will cut that person off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 17:10, so the Hebrew word כָּל־דָּ֑ם (koldam) 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.17.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.10.W10.S1) and character.