Leviticus 17:12:8Lev.17.12.W8TAB
דָּ֑ם
dam
“blood”
- Transliteration
- DAM
- Extended
- DAAM
- IPA
- /daːm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
loh-TO-KHAL DAM
- clause
al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM
- sentence
al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM veh-ha-GEHR ha-GAR beh-TOHK-khe-KHEM loh-YO-KHAL DAM
Exegesis
The repetition of negation lo-yokhal {לֹא־יֹאכַל | lōʾ yōʾ-khal} and the direct mention of dam {דָּם | dām} underscores the theological importance of blood as life. The English structure maintains the Hebrew verb–negation sequence to preserve legal intensity.
Root and etymology
d-m-mdalet–mem–mem
“blood; lifeblood”
In context — Leviticus 17:12
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.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 17:12, so the Hebrew word דָּ֑ם (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.17.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.12.W8.S1) and character.