| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Leviticus 17:12:1 ⧉עַל־כֵּ֤ןalkentherefore Leviticus 17:12:2 ⧉אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ahmarteeI said Leviticus 17:12:3 ⧉לִבְנֵ֣יlivnehto the sons of Leviticus 17:12:4 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsrael Leviticus 17:12:5 ⧉כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁkolnefeshevery person Leviticus 17:12:6 ⧉מִכֶּ֖םmikemfrom among you Leviticus 17:12:7 ⧉לֹא־תֹ֣אכַלlohtokhalshall not eat Leviticus 17:12:8 ⧉דָּ֑םdamblood Leviticus 17:12:9 ⧉וְהַגֵּ֛רvehhagehrand the stranger Leviticus 17:12:10 ⧉הַגָּ֥רhagarwho sojourns Leviticus 17:12:11 ⧉בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖םbehtohkkhekhemamong you Leviticus 17:12:12 ⧉לֹא־יֹ֥אכַלlohyokhalshall not eat Leviticus 17:12:13 ⧉דָּֽם׃סdamblood |
| 12. Formal Translation Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, “Every soul among you shall not eat blood, and the sojourner who sojourns among you shall not eat blood.” |
| 12. Dynamic Translation Therefore I told the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, and any foreigner staying among you may not eat blood.” |