Leviticus 17:4:16Lev.17.4.W16TAB
דָּ֣ם
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
DAM
- phraseyour reading level
DAM sha-FAKH
- clause
DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO
- sentence
veh-el-PE-takh OH-hel mo-ED LO he-VEE-O leh-hak-REEV kor-BAN la-ye-ho-VAH lif-NEH mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO
Exegesis
The judicial imputation dam yeḥašev la’ish hahu {דָּם יֵחָשֵׁב לָאִישׁ הַהוּא | dām yê-ḥā-šêḇ lā-ʾîš ha-hûʾ} ‘blood shall be imputed to that man’ uses the Nifal imperfect to denote legal guilt.
Root and etymology
Rootd-m
“blood, life force”
In context — Leviticus 17:4
If he does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting in order to offer a sacrifice to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man ; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 17:4, so the Hebrew word דָּ֣ם (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.17.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.4.W16.S1) and character.