דָ֑ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דָ֑ם

   DAM

   blood
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּֽמִיץ־אַ֭ף י֣וֹצִיא דָ֑ם

   u-MITS-AF yo-TSI DAM

   and pressing of the nose brings out or produces blood
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י מִ֪יץ חָלָ֡ב י֘וֹצִ֤יא חֶמְאָ֗ה וּֽמִיץ־אַ֭ף י֣וֹצִיא דָ֑ם

   KI MITS kha-LAV yo-TSI khem-E u-MITS-AF yo-TSI DAM

   for pressing or squeezing milk brings out or produces curds or butter and pressing of the nose brings out or produces blood
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י מִ֪יץ חָלָ֡ב י֘וֹצִ֤יא חֶמְאָ֗ה וּֽמִיץ־אַ֭ף י֣וֹצִיא דָ֑ם וּמִ֥יץ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם י֣וֹצִיא רִֽיב׃

   KI MITS kha-LAV yo-TSI khem-E u-MITS-AF yo-TSI DAM u-MITS a-PA-yim yo-TSI RIV

   for pressing or squeezing milk brings out or produces curds or butter and pressing of the nose brings out or produces blood and pressing or squeezing anger brings out or produces strife or dispute

Exegesis

Each clause begins with the noun mits {מִ֪יץ | mîṣ} ‘pressing,’ followed by the Hiphil imperfect yoṣîʾ {י֘וֹצִ֤יא | yōṣîʾ} ‘it brings forth,’ and concludes with result nouns ḥeməʾāh {חֶמְאָ֗ה | ḥeməʾāh} ‘curds,’ dām {דָ֑ם | dām} ‘blood,’ or rîḇ {רִֽיב | rîḇ} ‘strife.’

Root and etymology

א־ד־ם🔊 aleph–dalet–mem

“of the red earth”

• 🔊 אֲדֹמָהadomahgroundGenesis 2:7