Proverbs 29:10:2Prov.29.10.W2TAB
דָ֭מִים
damim
“blood”
- Transliteration
- da-MIM
- Extended
- daa-MIHM
- IPA
- /daːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-MIM
- clause
an-SHE da-MIM yis-ne-U-TAM
- sentence
an-SHE da-MIM yis-ne-U-TAM vi-sha-RIM ye-vak-SHU naf-SHO
Exegesis
In the first cola, anshei damim {אַנְשֵׁ֣י דָ֭מִים | ʾăn-šê dā-mîm} ‘men of blood’ forms a construct chain indicating violent perpetrators, followed by the Qal imperfect yisneu {יִשְׂנְאוּ | yiś-nə-ʾû} ‘they hate’ and its object tam {תָ֑ם | tām} ‘blameless’.
Root and etymology
d-m-mdalet–mem–mem
“blood, bloodshed”
In context — Proverbs 29:10
Men of blood hate the blameless, but the upright seek his soul.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 29:10, so the Hebrew word דָ֭מִים (damim) 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 Prov.29.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.10.W2.S1) and character.