Leviticus 19:26:3Lev.19.26.W3TAB
עַל־הַדָּ֑ם
alhaddam
“upon the blood”
- Transliteration
- al-had-DAM
- Extended
- al-had-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʕal.had.ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
al-had-DAM
- clause
LO to-akh-LU al-had-DAM
- sentence
LO to-akh-LU al-had-DAM LO te-na-kha-SHU ve-LO te-oh-neh-NOO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-haddam {עַל־הַדָּם | ʿal-haddām} ‘upon the blood’ indicates eating while blood remains.
Root and etymology
Rootd-m-m
“blood, life essence”
In context — Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat with the blood , you shall not practice divination , and you shall not interpret omens.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:26, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַדָּ֑ם (alhaddam) 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.19.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.26.W3.S1) and character.