Leviticus 20:13:12Lev.20.13.W12TAB
דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם
demeihem
“their blood”
- Transliteration
- de-MEI-HEM
- Extended
- deh-MEH-HEM
- IPA
- /dəmeˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
de-MEI-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
de-MEI-HEM BAM
- clause
MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
Finally, the phrase de-mei-hem bam {דְּמֵיהֶם בָּם | də-mê-hem bām} ‘their blood is upon them’ assigns personal culpability.
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם (demeihem) 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.20.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W12.S1) and character.