Leviticus 20:9:12Lev.20.9.W12TAB
דָּמָ֥יו
damav
“his blood”
- Transliteration
- da-MAV
- Extended
- dah-MAAV
- IPA
- /daːˈmaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his blood
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
da-MAV
- phraseyour reading level
da-MAV BO
- clause
a-VIV veh-i-MO kih-LEL da-MAV BO
- sentence
kee-ISH ISH a-SHER ye-ka-LEL et-a-VIV veh-et-i-MO MOT yu-MAT a-VIV veh-i-MO kih-LEL da-MAV BO
Exegesis
The idiom damav bo {דָּמָיו בּוֹ | dāmāv bū} ‘his blood is upon him’ denotes full personal liability. The English rendering preserves this parallel legal syntax.
In context — Leviticus 20:9
For any man who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 20:9, so the Hebrew word דָּמָ֥יו (damav) 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.20.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.9.W12.S1) and character.