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Strong's #1818 - דָּם

Transliteration

dâm

Phonetics

dawm

Origin

from (H1826) (compare (H119))

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

436

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

blood
1. of wine (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 129 ‑ αἷμα (hah'ee‑mah); 1777 ‑ ἔνοχος (en'‑okh‑os); 5408 ‑ φόνος (fon'‑os); 3353 ‑ μέτοχος (met'‑okh‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (353)

Genesis 10

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 22

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 11

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 8

Job 2

Psalms 20

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 53

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

BSB (350)

Genesis 11

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 23

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 8

Job 2

Psalms 21

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 55

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

CSB (320)

Genesis 11

Exodus 29

Leviticus 87

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 20

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Job 2

Psalms 20

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 55

Hosea 4

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (354)

Genesis 11

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 23

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 8

Job 2

Psalms 21

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 55

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

KJV (353)

Genesis 11

Exodus 28

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Job 2

Psalms 20

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 53

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

LEB (348)

Genesis 11

Exodus 29

Leviticus 86

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 22

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Job 2

Psalms 21

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 54

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

LSB (361)

Genesis 10

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 26

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 9

Job 2

Psalms 21

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 54

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

N95 (338)

Genesis 10

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 24

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 9

Job 2

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 54

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

NAS (376)

Genesis 11

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 24

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 9

Job 2

Psalms 21

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 54

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (357)

Genesis 11

Exodus 29

Leviticus 88

Numbers 15

Deuteronomy 22

Joshua 5

Judges 1

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 12

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 8

Job 2

Psalms 20

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 55

Hosea 5

Joel 4

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

ASV (353)

against him for the blood 1

against the blood 1

and all the blood 5

and at thy blood 1

and blood 7

and for his bloody 1

and for the blood 1

and her blood 1

and of the blood 2

and so blood be upon thee 1

and some of her blood 1

and that their blood 1

and the blood 13

and their blood 1

and there shall be blood 1

and with blood 1

and, my blood 1

any manner of blood 1

anything with the blood 1

as blood 1

as for thee also, because of the blood 1

be blood 1

behold the blood 1

between blood 2

blood 51

blood thereon 1

bloodguiltiness 2

bloodthirsty 1

but his blood 4

even the blood 1

for blood 4

for her blood 1

for it is the blood 1

for the blood 3

for their own blood 1

from blood 1

from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty 1

from the blood 1

he shall not be guilty of blood 1

her blood 3

his blood 10

his blood shall be upon him 2

in blood 2

in his blood 1

in the blood 9

in thy blood 4

into blood 3

into her, and blood 1

is in the blood 1

is the blood 1

is there in my blood 1

it in the blood 1

its blood 2

its fill of their blood 1

me from bloodguiltiness 1

me from the bloodthirsty 1

no blood 1

no manner of blood 1

nor blood 1

not blood 1

not in the blood 1

not the blood 1

not thou my blood 1

now therefore, let not my blood 1

of blood 20

of blood art thou to me 1

of bloody 1

of her blood 4

of its blood 1

of the blood 29

out all the blood 1

out the blood 3

shall become blood 1

shall his blood 1

so shall their blood 1

that they may become blood 1

the avenger of blood 1

the blood 43

the blood-thirsty 1

the bloody 1

thee unto blood 1

their blood 3

their blood shall be upon them 5

them in the blood 1

them with the blood 1

there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him 1

therefore also, behold, his blood 1

therefore blood 1

therefore shall his blood 1

therein, but by the blood 1

this blood 1

this is blood 1

thy blood 3

thy blood, even thine 1

till the blood 1

to blood 2

to the bloody 3

unto him the blood 2

unto him, thy blood 1

upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness 1

upon it all the blood 1

upon it in blood 1

upon the blood 1

upon thee all the blood 1

upon thee the blood 1

upon them for the blood 1

wherein ye are: for blood 1

whereof any of the blood 1

whose blood 1

will their blood 1

with blood 10

with his blood 1

with the blood 11

with their blood 2

with their own blood 1

with thy blood 1

your blood 1

BSB (350)

ahab''s blood 1

and as you lay there in your blood 1

and because of the blood 1

and blood 4

and bloodshed 2

and her blood 1

and it 1

and its blood 1

and put their blood 1

and shed blood 1

and some of the blood 1

and the blood 4

and the bloodshed 1

and their blood 1

and with its blood 1

any of the blood 1

as blood 1

as the blood 1

be guilty of bloodshed 1

because of the blood 1

because of your bloodshed 2

blood 58

blood still in it 1

bloodguilt 2

bloodshed 5

by bloodguilt 1

by the blood 1

by this blood 1

concerning the blood 1

for blood 3

for his blood 1

for shedding the blood 1

for the bloodshed 1

for their blood 1

for their own blood 1

from bloodguilt 1

from bloodshed 2

from her bleeding 2

from men of bloodshed 1

from the blood 1

from the juice 1

guilty of bloodshed 1

her blood 1

her bloodshed 1

him the blood 2

his blood 13

his blood will be 1

his bloodguilt 1

his bloodshed 1

if its blood 1

in blood 3

in his blood 1

in its blood 1

in my bloodshed 1

in the blood 6

in your blood 1

in your own blood 1

in your vineyard 1

into the blood 1

is blood 1

is in the blood 1

is its blood 2

is the blood 1

is this not the blood 1

it 5

it into the blood 1

its blood 9

let my blood 1

may my blood 1

meat with the blood in it 1

murderous plots 1

my blood 1

of blood 18

of bloodshed 12

of her blood 2

of its blood 1

of the blood 7

of your blood 1

of your bloodshed 1

on account of the blood 1

on their own blood 1

on which the blood 1

one act of bloodshed 1

or offenses 1

shall be guilty of bloodshed 1

some of its blood 5

some of the blood 7

still in it 1

the blood 55

the blood she shed 1

the blood still in it 3

the blood you have shed 1

the bloodshed 1

the bloodstains 1

the life 1

the remaining blood 1

the rest of the blood 3

their blood 9

their bloodguilt 1

them in the blood 1

there 1

there is guilt for his bloodshed 1

through bloodshed 1

to blood 5

to bloodshed 2

to death 1

with blood 6

with bloodshed 2

with the blood 5

with their blood 2

you bloodthirsty 1

your blood 5

CSB (320)

and kill someone 1

bleeding 2

blood 156

bloodguilt 2

bloodshed 22

bloodthirsty 2

for bloodshed 1

for the blood 1

guilty 1

her blood 1

his bloodguilt 1

into blood 2

it 4

kill themselves 1

lives 1

my blood 1

my death 1

of bloodshed 7

shed 2

shed blood 1

the blood 98

the bloodguilt 1

the bloodied 1

the bloodshed 1

the death 1

their blood 1

their bloodguilt 1

their own blood 1

this blood 1

to murderous plots 1

with blood 2

your vineyard 1

ESV (354)

another 1

blood 320

bloodguilt 7

bloodguiltiness 1

bloodshed 7

bloodstains 1

bloodthirsty 4

bloody 6

death 2

guilt 1

homicide 1

life 1

lifeblood 1

vineyard 1

KJV (353)

blood 332

blood * 1

blood and blood 2

bloodguiltiness 1

bloodthirsty 1

bloody 15

person 1

LEB (348)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (361)

another 1

blood 307

bloodguilt 3

bloodguiltiness 12

bloodshed 30

bloody 1

death 1

guilt 2

homicide 1

life 1

of 2

N95 (338)

another 1

blood 291

bloodguilt 2

bloodguiltiness 11

bloodshed 22

bloody 7

guilt 2

homicide 1

life 1

NAS (376)

another 1

blood 303

bloodshed 36

bloody 7

death 2

deaths 5

for 9

guilt 10

homicide 1

life 1

of 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (357)

against him for the blood 1

also the blood 1

and all the blood 1

and all the rest of its blood 1

and at your blood 1

and blood 6

and bloodshed 1

and for his bloody 1

and for the blood 1

and her blood 1

and its blood 2

and so blood be on you 1

and some of her blood 1

and some of the blood 1

and that their blood 1

and the blood 7

and the rest of its blood 1

and the rest of the blood 1

and their blood 1

and there shall be blood 1

and with blood 1

any blood 1

any kind of blood 1

any meat with the blood 1

as blood 1

between blood 2

blood 58

blood thereon 1

bloodshed 1

bloodthirsty 1

but his blood 4

even the blood 1

for blood 3

for her blood 1

for it is the blood 1

for the blood 3

for their own blood 1

from blood 1

from the blood 1

he shall not be guilty of blood 1

her blood 3

his blood 11

his blood shall be on him 1

his blood shall be upon him 1

in blood 2

in his blood 1

in the blood 10

in their blood 1

in your blood 4

into blood 3

is blood 1

is in the blood 1

is its blood 1

is there in my destruction 1

it in the blood 1

its blood 8

its fill of their blood 1

me from bloodguiltiness 1

me from the bloodthirsty 1

meat with the blood 2

my blood 1

no blood 1

nor blood 1

of blood 20

of blood to me 1

of bloody 1

of her blood 4

of its blood 1

of the blood 9

of which any of the blood 1

on it all the blood 1

on it in blood 1

on them for the blood 1

on you all the blood 1

on you the blood 1

out all of rest of the blood 1

out all the blood 1

out its blood 1

out the blood 2

so shall their blood 1

some of its blood 3

some of the blood 14

that they may become blood 1

the avenger of blood 1

the blood 41

the bloodthirsty 1

the bloody 1

the life 1

the rest of its blood 1

their blood 4

their blood shall be upon them 5

them in the blood 1

them with the blood 1

there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him 1

therefore blood 1

therefore his blood 1

this blood 1

this is blood 1

to blood 2

to him the blood 1

to the bloody 3

until the blood 1

upon the blood 1

when there is any of its blood 1

who sprinkles the blood 1

whose blood 1

will become blood 1

with blood 10

with his blood 1

with the blood 8

with their blood 1

with their own blood 1

with your blood 1

you for blood 1

your blood 4

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1082) m d (דמ DM) AC: ? CO: Blood AB: Likeness: The pictograph d is a door representing the idea of moving back and forth. The m is a picture of water and can represent any liquid especially blood. Combined these pictures mean "the moving back and forth of water" or the "flowing of blood". Similarly, the grape plant takes water from the ground and moves it to the fruit where the water becomes the blood of the grape. (eng: dumb)

A) m d (דמ DM) AC: ? CO: Blood AB: ?: The blood of man is also water, which moves through the body. When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. A son from the blood of his father resembles his father.

N^m) m d (דמ DM) - Blood: KJV (361): blood, bloody, bloodguilt - Strongs: H1818 (דָּם)

B) m m d (דממ DMM) AC: Silent CO: ? AB: ?: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent and still.

N^m) m m d (דממ DMM) - Silent: KJV (30): silence, still, silent, cut off, cut down, rest, cease, forbear, peace, quieted, tarry, wait - Strongs: H1826 (דָּמַם)

N^f1) e m m d (דממה DMMH) - Silent: KJV (3): still, silence, calm - Strongs: H1827 (דְּמָמָה)

o^m) m m f d (דוממ DWMM) - Silent: KJV (3): silent, quietly wait, dumb - Strongs: H1748 (דּוּמָם)

C) m d a (אדמ ADM) AC: ? CO: Red AB: ?: The color red, the color of blood, man and the earth.

V) m d a (אדמ ADM) - Red: To be red as a color or through the shedding of blood. KJV (10): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual) dyed red, red, ruddy, man, Adam, person - Strongs: H119 (אָדֵם)

N^m) m d a (אדמ ADM) - Man: From the reddish skin. KJV (552): dyed red, red, ruddy, man, Adam, person - Strongs: H120 (אָדָם)

N^f1) e m d a (אדמה ADMH) - Ground: From its red color. KJV (225): land, earth, ground, country, husbandman - Strongs: H127 (אֲדָמָה)

c^m) m f d a (אדומ ADWM) - Red: KJV (9): red, ruddy - Strongs: H122 (אָדֹם)

g^f) m d f a (אודמ AWDM) - Ruby: A red precious stone. KJV (3): sardius - Strongs: H124 (אֹדֶם)

l^m) m d m d a (אדמדמ ADMDM) - Reddish: KJV (6): reddish - Strongs: H125 (אֲדַמְדָּם)

jf^m) i n f m d a (אדמוני ADMWNY) - Red: KJV (3): red, ruddy - Strongs: H132 (אַדְמוֹנִי)

F) m d e (הדמ HDM) AC: ? CO: Pieces AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]

N^m) m d e (הדמ HDM) - Pieces: Something cut into pieces. [Aramaic only] KJV (2): pieces - Strongs: H1917 (הַדָּם)

c^m) m f d e (הדומ HDWM) - Stool: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (6): stool - Strongs: H1916 (הֲדֹם)

G) m e d (דהמ DHM) AC: Dumb CO: ? AB: ?: When excited or scared ones blood pressure increases and is unable to speak.

V) m e d (דהמ DHM) - Dumb: To be speechless. KJV (1): (vf: Niphal, Participle) astonied - Strongs: H1724 (דָּהַם)

H) e m d (דמה DMH) AC: ? CO: Likeness AB: Compare: A son from the blood of his father resembles his father.

V) e m d (דמה DMH) - I. Compare:To perceive something like something else. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Silence:To become silent as one dead. KJV (47): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel) like, liken, thought, compared, devised, mean, similitude - Strongs: H1819 (דָּמָה), H1820 (דָּמָה), H1821 (דְּמָה)

N^f3) t f m d (דמות DMWT) - Likeness: Likeness A son from the blood of his father resembles his father. KJV (25): likeness, similitude, like, manner, fashion - Strongs: H1823 (דְּמוּת)

f^m) i m d (דמי DMY) - Silent: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. KJV (4): silence, cut off, rest - Strongs: H1824 (דְּמִי)

fj^m) n f i m d (דמיונ DMYWN) - Likeness: A son from the blood of his father resembles his father. KJV (1): like - Strongs: H1825 (דִּמְיֹן)

J) m f d (דומ DWM) AC: Silent CO: ? AB: ?: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent.

N^f1) e m f d (דומה DWMH) - Silent: KJV (3): silence, destroyed - Strongs: H1745 (דּוּמָה), H1822 (דֻּמָה)

N) i m d (דמי DMY) AC: Silent CO: ? AB: ?: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent.

g^f1) e i m f d (דומיה DWMYH) - Silence: KJV (4): wait, silent, silence - Strongs: H1747 (דּוּמִיָּה)

Adopted Roots:

A2698 M d q (Face, East, Before)
A2754 M d r (Sleep)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

דָּם₃₆₀ noun masculine^{Genesis 9:6} blood (Late Hebrew id., Arabic

, Ethiopic

Assyrian damu Nor²³⁹ Zim^{BP 72,76}; Aramaic דַּם, דְּמָא

) — absolute ׳ד Genesis 37:22 154t.; construct דַּם Genesis 9:6 62t.; suffix דָּמִי 1 Samuel 26:20 3t.; דָּֽמְךָ 2 Samuel 1:16 (Qr; Kt דמיך) + 4t.; דָּמֵךְ Ezekiel 16:22 3t.; דָּמוֺ Genesis 9:4 30t.; דָּמָהּ Leviticus 4:30 (twice in verse) + 11t.; דִּמְכֶם Genesis 9:5; דָּמָם Leviticus 16:27 11t.; plural דָּמִים Exodus 4:25 35t.; construct דְּמֵי Genesis 4:10 18t.; suffix דָּמֶיךָ 2 Samuel 1:16 Kt (Qr דָּֽמְךָ); דָּמַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:6 (3t. in verse); Ezekiel 16:9; דָּמָיו Leviticus 20:9 3t.; דָּמֶיהָ Leviticus 12:7 2t.; דְּמֵיהֶם Leviticus 20:11 5t.; —

1 blood of man or animal, = the life (נֶפֶשׁ) Genesis 9:4 (P) Deuteronomy 12:23; Leviticus 17:14 (twice in verse) (H); compare נֶפֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂרבַּדָּם הִוא Leviticus 17:11 (H) & דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם Genesis 9:5 (P); see also Psalm 72:14 וְיֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיו; hence blood of animals not to be eaten Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:26,27(all P) Leviticus 17:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 17:12 (twice in verse); Leviticus 17:14; Leviticus 19:26 (all H) Deuteronomy 12:16,23; Deuteronomy 15:23; 1 Samuel 14:32,33,34; Ezekiel 33:25 (compare RS^{K 310}), but to be poured out & covered with dust Leviticus 17:13 (compare RS^{Semitic i. 216f.}).

2 usually blood become visible,

a. as from a woundהַמַּכָּה ׳ד 1 Kings 22:35 (compare חֲתַן דָּמִים Exodus 4:25,26 see below h); licked by dogs 1 Kings 21:19 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 22:38; Ezekiel 32:6; from the nose Proverbs 30:33; bloody issue of a woman Leviticus 15:19 compare Leviticus 15:25; plural דְּמֵי טָֽהֳרָה Leviticus 12:4,5, & מְקֹר דָּמֶיהָ Leviticus 12:7 (all P) Leviticus 20:18 (H); blood in which child welters Ezekiel 16:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:22 + Ezekiel 16:6 (strike out A B Co and others); of goat Genesis 37:31 (JE); of slain bird Leviticus 14:6,51,52.

b. often object of שָׁפַךְ, spill, shed Genesis 9:6 (P) Genesis 37:22 (E) Numbers 35:33 (P) Leviticus 17:4 (H) Deuteronomy 21:7; 1 Samuel 25:31; 1 Kings 18:28; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; 1 Chronicles 22:8; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 22:4,6,9,12,27; Ezekiel 23:45; Ezekiel 33:25; Ezekiel 36:18 (strike out B Co) Proverbs 1:16 also Psalm 79:3 שָֽׁפְכוּ דָמָם כַּמַּיִם; שֹׁפֵךְ דָּם a blood-shedder Ezekiel 18:10; עִיר שֹׁפֶכֶת דָּם Ezekiel 22:3 compare Ezekiel 22:4 (also 1 Kings 2:31; Jeremiah 22:3,17; 1 Chronicles 22:8; 1 Chronicles 28:3; Proverbs 6:17; Lamentations 4:13); less often subject of passive שָׁפוּךְ, נִשְׁמָּךְ, etc. Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:33 (both P) Deuteronomy 19:10; Zephaniah 1:17; Psalm 79:10.

c.דַּם חָלָל Deuteronomy 32:42 (song) blood of slain; חֲלָלִים׳ד 2 Samuel 1:22 so Numbers 23:24 (JE), object of שָׁתָה, of Israel under figure of lion; compare also Ezekiel 39:17,18,19, & 2 Samuel 23:17 = 1 Chronicles 11:19 (דַּם הָאֲנָשִׁים hyperbole for imperilled life); as food of young eagles Job 39:30.

d. often of innocent blood, i.e. blood shed with injustice & cruelty, דָּם נָקִי Deuteronomy 21:8,9; 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Psalm 94:21; Psalm 106:38 compare Psalm 94:38; Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3 (also Jeremiah 26:15); דָּם נָקִיא Joel 4:19; Jonah 1:14; also in construct דַּם נָקִי Deuteronomy 19:10; compare Deuteronomy 27:25 לְהַכּוֺת נֶפֶשׁ׳נ ׳ד; דַּם הַנָּקִי Deuteronomy 19:13; Jeremiah 22:17; 2 Kings 24:4; דַּם נְקִיִּים Jeremiah 19:4; דַּם נַפְשׁוֺת אֶבְיוֺנִים נְקִיִּים Jeremiah 2:34; further דַּם צַדִּיקִים Lamentations 4:13; דְּמֵי חִנָּם 1 Kings 2:31; in Psalm 31:10 דָּמִי = my death ("" רִדְתִּי אֶלשַֿׁחַת).

e. evenger of blood גֹּאֵל הַדָּם Numbers 35:19,21,24,25,27 (twice in verse) (all P); Deuteronomy 19:6,12; Joshua 20:3,5,9; 2 Samuel 14:11.

f. plural דָּמִים of abundance, blood in quantity, hence sometimes of blood shed by rude violence, and of blood-stains; — Genesis 4:10,11(J) as crying from the ground for vengeance (compare RS^{Semitic i. 397}), compare also 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 16:8; 2 Kings 9:26 (twice in verse); Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 26:21; Ezekiel 16:6 (3t. in verse); Ezekiel 16:9,36 (on text of Ezekiel 16:6 see above) Zechariah 9:7; 2 Chronicles 24:25; דְּמֵי אָדָם Habakkuk 2:8,17, and in other connections; but interchangeably with singular 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 20:12; 2 Kings 9:33; Isaiah 34:3,6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 34:7; Ezekiel 21:37; Ezekiel 22:13 (plural Co) Ezekiel 24:8 (twice in verse) and elsewhere; see especially אֶרֶץ אַלתְּֿכַסִּי דָמִי Job 16:18; דְּמֵי ירושׁלם blood-stains of Jerusalem Isaiah 4:4; = slaughter, singular Genesis 37:26 (J) Jeremiah 48:10; Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 28:23 ("" דֶּבֶר) Ezekiel 38:22 ("" id.); דַּםעֲֿבָדָיו Deuteronomy 32:43 (song: compare Psalm 79:10); plural דְּמֵי עֲבָדַי 2 Kings 9:7 (twice in verse); דְּמֵי יִזְרְעֶאל Hosea 1:4; bloodshed at Jezreel; compare דָּמִים בְּדָמִיםנָגָ֑עוּ Hosea 4:2; דְּמֵי מִלְחָמָה 1 Kings 2:5 (twice in verse); in Ezekiel 9:9 וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָס (Baer) read דָּמִים for חָמָס see d. H. Vrss Co Comm.; אָרַב לְדָם lie in wait for blood Proverbs 1:11 compare Proverbs 1:18; Proverbs 12:6; Micah 7:2; דָּמִים of a plan of murder Isaiah 33:15 (object of שׁמע); מִשְׁמַּט דָּמִים Ezekiel 7:23 bloody crime; as symbol of oppression, violence Micah 3:10 ("" עַוְלָה), Habakkuk 2:12 ("" id.)

g.דָּמִים = guilt of bloodshed, blood-guiltiness Exodus 22:1, then more Generally, mortal sin (RS^{OTJC 417,2nd ed. 441}, compare Ezekiel 18:13) Psalm 51:16 (compare Hosea 12:15); also בּוֺא בְדָמִים 1 Samuel 25:26,33.

h. plural also in pharses: חֲתַן דָּמִים bloody bridegroom Exodus 4:25,26; also those denoting character, chiefly in poetry, אִישׁ דָּמִים bloody man (sanguinary) 2 Samuel 16:8; Psalm 5:7 אִישׁ הַדָּמִים 2 Samuel 16:7; אַנְשֵׁי דָּמִים, Psalm 26:9; Psalm 55:24; Psalm 59:3; Psalm 139:19; Proverbs 29:10; ואלבֵּֿית הַדָּמִים bloody house 2 Samuel 21:1 but read with ᵐ5 We Dr ואל בֵּיתֹה דמים, & on his house is blood; עִיר דָּמִים Nahum 3:1; עִירהַדָּמִים Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6 + Ezekiel 24:9 (strike out B Co).

i. דָּמָיו בּוֺ his blood is in (upon) him, he is responsible for his own death Leviticus 20:9 compare Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:13; Leviticus 20:16; Leviticus 20:27 (all H), Ezekiel 18:13 ( + יִהְיֶה); דָּמוֺ בּוֺ Ezekiel 33:5; דָּמוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ Joshua 2:19 (twice in verse); so with שָׁבוּ 1 Kings 2:33, יִהְיֶה 1 Kings 2:37; Ezekiel 33:4; דָּֽמְ֯יךָ עַל ראֹשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 1:16, and אֶתדָּֿמוֺ עַלרֿאֹשׁוֺ׳הֵשִׁיב י 1 Kings 2:32; also לֹא תָשִׂים דָּמִים בְּבֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 22:8; and דָּמָם לָשׂוּםעַל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Judges 9:24; נָתַן דָּם על (אלׅ Jeremiah 26:15; Jonah 1:14; וְהָיָה עָלָיךָ דָּמִים Deuteronomy 19:10, see 2 Samuel 21:1 above; also singular Ezekiel 22:4 בְּדָמֵךְ אָשַׁמְתְּ, and as subject of יֵחָשֵׁב לְ shall be imputed to Leviticus 17:4 (H); אֵין לוֺ דָמִים Exodus 22:1 compare Exodus 22:2 (both J E) & (singular) Numbers 35:27 (P).

j. of judicial process in case of bloodshedדָּבָר לַמִּשְׁמָּט בֵּיןדָּֿם לְדָם Deuteronomy 17:8 compare 2 Chronicles 19:10; לֹא תַּעֲמֹדעַלדַּֿם רֵעֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:16 (H).

k. in phrase require blood at the hand of, exact vengeance (for it) from, דָּרַשׁ דָּמוֺ מִיַּד Ezekiel 33:6; Genesis 9:5; דָּמוֺ נִדְרָשׁ Genesis 42:22 (E); absolute דֹּרשׁ דמים Psalm 9:13; אֲבַקֵּשׁ אֶתדָּֿמוֺ מִיֶּדְכֶם 2 Samuel 4:11 compare Ezekiel 3:18,20; Ezekiel 33:8; עַלֿ׳מָּקַד ד Hosea 1:4; ׳וְנִקֵּיתִי ד Joel 4:21; Ezekiel 35:6 (4t. in verse); compare on the other hand ׳אַליִֿמֹּל דָּמִי אַרְצָה מִנֶּגֶד מְּנֵי י 1 Samuel 26:20i.e. let it not de unavenged.

l. of blood as defiling a land Numbers 35:33 (P) compare Psalm 106:38 (plural בדמים); עֲקֻבָּהמִדָּם Hosea 6:8 of a city foot-printed (VB) with blood; defiling hands Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:3; Lamentations 4:14 compare Ezekiel 23:37,45; further, of blood as oppressing one who has shed it עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 28:17.

m. atonement for blood-guilt is expressed byוְנִכַּמֵּר לָהֶם הַדָּם Deuteronomy 21:8 (on form of verb compare Ges^{§ 55}, 9 & Di).

n. blood (-shedding) as connected with divine wrath וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֫י חֲמָתִי עָלָיהָ בְּדָם Ezekiel 14:19; דַּם חֵמָה וְקִנְאָה Ezekiel 16:38; see further אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42, compare Jeremiah 46:10; compare also of human vengeance by divine help יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע Psalm 58:11; תִּמֲחַץ רַגְלְךָ בְּדָם Psalm 68:24; note further Isaiah 49:26; Ezekiel 39:19 (in both figurative of being drunk with blood); then of simple human vengeance וְהוֺרַדְתָּ֫ אֶתשֵֿׂיבָתוֺ בְּדָם שְׁאוֺל 1 Kings 2:9.

o. of water turned into blood (singular) in Egypt, by divine power Exodus 4:9 (J) Exodus 7:17,20 (JE) Exodus 7:19; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 7:21 (P) Psalm 78:44; Psalm 105:29; compare Isaiah 15:9 & Ezekiel 32:6; further, of appearance of blood in sky Joel 3:3, & of colour of moon Joel 2:4; specifically of red colour of water אֲדֻמִּים כַּדָּם 2 Kings 3:22 compare 2 Kings 3:23.

3 blood used with religious significance,

a. blood of passover-lamb Exodus 12:7,13 (twice in verse) (all P) Exodus 12:22; Exodus 12:22; Exodus 12:23 (all J E); note also דַּם הַבְּרִית, i.e. blood by which covenant was ratified Exodus 24:8 (JE) Zechariah 9:11.

b. blood used in ritual, Leviticus 17:11 הַדָּם הוּא בַּנֶּפֶשׁ יְכַמֵּר (H); compare 2 Chronicles 29:24; also Ezekiel 44:7,15 (both "" חֵלָב); further Leviticus 1:5; Isaiah 1:11; Psalm 50:13; thrown on altar, verb זָרַק usually with עַל Exodus 24:6 (JE) Exodus 29:16,20; Leviticus 1:5,11; Leviticus 3:2,8,13; Leviticus 7:2,14; Leviticus 8:19,24; Leviticus 9:12,18 (all P) Leviticus 17:6 (H) Numbers 18:17 (P) Ezekiel 43:18; 2 Kings 16:13,15 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 29:22 (3t. in verse); compare 2 Chronicles 30:16; sprinkled, verb הִזָּה Leviticus 5:9; Leviticus 16:19 (both P); sprinkled toward tent of meeting (verb הִזָּה) Numbers 19:4 (twice in verse) (P); brought into tent of meeting Leviticus 4:5,16; Leviticus 6:23; compare Leviticus 10:18 (all P); sprinkled toward the holy of holies (verb הִזָּה) Leviticus 4:6 (twice in verse); Leviticus 4:17; Leviticus 16:14 (twice in verse) (all P); brought within the veil on day of atonement Leviticus 16:15 (3t. in verse) (compare Leviticus 16:14) Leviticus 16:27 (all P); thrown on people Exodus 24:8 (J E; זָרַק); sprinkled on priests (הִזָּה) Exodus 29:21; Leviticus 8:30 (both P); on garment (in sanctuary, הִזָּה) Leviticus 6:20 (P); applied with finger to horns of altar Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7,18,25,30,34; Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 9:9 (3t. in verse); Leviticus 16:18 (twice in verse) (all P; also Ezekiel 45:19) Ezekiel 43:20; applied to tip of right ear of priest Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 8:23,24 (all P; also Leviticus 14:14,25 P); poured out at base of altar (שָׁפַךְ אֶלֿ) Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7,18,25,30,34 (all P); compare with מָצָה (Niph`al) Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9; with יָצַק Leviticus 8:15 (all P); half of blood put in basons Exodus 24:6 (JE); blood poured out on altar Deuteronomy 12:27 (twice in verse); blood of red heifer burned Numbers 19:5 (P); see further such terms as דַּם זִבְחִי Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E) (compare Deuteronomy 12:27; 2 Kings 16:15); דַּם הַשְּׁלָמִים Leviticus 7:33 (P; compare Leviticus 7:14); דַּם חַטָּאת הַכִּמֻּרִים Exodus 30:10 (P) compare Ezekiel 45:19; דַּם הָאָשָׁם Leviticus 14:14,17,25,28; (see זֶבַח, שֶׁלֶם, חַטָּאת, אָשָׁם); דַּםחֲֿזִיר, swine's blood, as heathen offering Isaiah 66:3; compare נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם Psalm 16:4 (see Che).

4 figurative of wine דַּםעֲֿנָבִים Genesis 49:11 (blessing of Jacob "" יַיִן); compare Deuteronomy 32:14 (song) דַּם עֵנָב תִּשְׁתֶּהחָֿ֑מֶר. — בְּדָֽמְךָ Ezekiel 19:10 probably textual error compare VB; Da prop: בְּרוּמָהּ in her height.

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בְּ֫דָ֥ם בְּדַ֖ם בְּדַ֣ם בְּדַ֥ם בְּדַם֙ בְּדַם־ בְּדָ֔ם בְּדָ֖ם בְּדָ֣ם בְּדָמְךָ֖ בְּדָמִ֑ים בְּדָמִ֖ים בְּדָמִי֮ בְּדָמֵ֖ךְ בְּדָמֵ֨ךְ בְּדָמַ֣יִךְ בְּדָמַ֥יִךְ בְּדָמָ֑יִךְ בְדָמִ֑ים בְדָמִ֔ים בִּדְמֵ֣י בִּדְמֵי֙ בַּדָּ֑ם בַּדָּ֔ם בַּדָּ֖ם בַּדָּ֣ם בַּדָּֽם׃ בַּדָּמִֽים׃ בַדָּ֔ם בדם בדם־ בדם׃ בדמי בדמיך בדמים בדמים׃ בדמך דְּמֵ֣י דְּמֵ֣י ׀ דְּמֵ֤י דְּמֵ֥י דְּמֵ֨י דְּמֵֽי־ דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם דְמֵיהֶם֙ דִּמְכֶ֤ם דַּ֛ם דַּ֣ם דַּ֥ם דַּ֧ם דַּֽם־ דַּם־ דַֽם־ דַם־ דָ֑ם דָ֔ם דָ֛ם דָ֝מִ֗ים דָ֣ם דָ֪ם דָ֭מִים דָּ֑ם דָּ֖ם דָּ֛ם דָּ֣ם דָּ֣ם ׀ דָּ֤ם דָּ֨ם דָּ֨ם ׀ דָּ֭מִים דָּֽם׃ דָּֽמִי֙ דָּם֙ דָּם־ דָּמ֔וֹ דָּמ֖וֹ דָּמ֗וֹ דָּמ֛וֹ דָּמ֜וֹ דָּמ֣וֹ דָּמ֥וֹ דָּמְךָ֖ דָּמִ֑ים דָּמִ֔ים דָּמִ֖ים דָּמִ֛ים דָּמִ֣ים דָּמִ֥ים דָּמִֽים׃ דָּמִים֙ דָּמֵ֔ךְ דָּמֵ֥ךְ דָּמֶ֑יהָ דָּמֶ֔יהָ דָּמַ֖יִךְ דָּמָ֔הּ דָּמָ֖הּ דָּמָ֖יו דָּמָ֜הּ דָּמָ֞ם דָּמָ֣הּ דָּמָ֣ם דָּמָ֥יו דָּמָם֙ דָּמֽוֹ׃ דָּמוֹ֙ דָם֒ דָם֙ דָם־ דָמ֔וֹ דָמ֖וֹ דָמִ֑י דָמִ֣ים דָמָ֜יו דָמָ֨ם ׀ דָמָהּ֙ דָּמְךָ֖ דם דם־ דם׃ דמה דמו דמו׃ דמי דמי־ דמיה דמיהם דמיו דמיך דמים דמים׃ דמך דמכם דמם הֲדַ֣ם הֲדַ֤ם הַדָּ֑ם הַדָּ֔ם הַדָּ֖ם הַדָּ֗ם הַדָּ֛ם הַדָּ֜ם הַדָּ֞ם הַדָּ֣ם הַדָּ֤ם הַדָּ֥ם הַדָּ֧ם ׀ הַדָּ֨ם הַדָּֽם׃ הַדָּם֒ הַדָּם֙ הַדָּם֮ הַדָּמִ֑ים הַדָּמִ֔ים הַדָּמִ֖ים הַדָּמִים֒ הדם הדם׃ הדמים וְדַ֖ם וְדַ֨ם וְדַם־ וְדָ֖ם וְדָ֣ם וְדָ֥ם וְדָם֙ וְדָמ֖וֹ וְדָמִ֥ים וְדָמִי֙ וְדָמָ֗ם וְדָמָיו֙ וְהַדָּ֔ם וְכִדְמֵ֣י וָדָ֔ם וָדָ֖ם וָדָם֙ וּבְדַם־ וּבְדָ֑ם וּדְמֵ֛י וּמִדַּ֣ם ובדם ובדם־ ודם ודם־ ודמו ודמי ודמיו ודמים ודמם והדם וכדמי ומדם כַּדָּֽם׃ כדם׃ לְ֭דָם לְדַ֣ם לְדָ֑ם לְדָ֖ם לְדָ֜ם לְדָ֥ם לְדָֽם׃ לְדָם֮ לְדָמִ֣ים לְדָמָ֣ם לַדָּם֙ לדם לדם׃ לדמים לדמם מִדְּמֵ֖י מִדְּמֵ֤י מִדַּ֞ם מִדַּ֣ם מִדַּ֤ם מִדָּ֑ם מִדָּ֔ם מִדָּֽם׃ מִדָּמ֔וֹ מִדָּמ֗וֹ מִדָּמְךָ֖ מִדָּמִ֨ים ׀ מִדָּמָ֑ם מִדָּמָ֖הּ מִדָּמָ֜הּ מִדָּמָ֧הּ מִדָּמָֽם׃ מִדָּמָהּ֙ מִדָּמוֹ֙ מדם מדם׃ מדמה מדמו מדמי מדמים מדמך מדמם מדמם׃ bad·dā·mîm bad·dām ḇad·dām badDam baddām ḇaddām baddaMim baddāmîm bə·ḏā·ma·yiḵ bə·ḏā·mā·yiḵ bə·ḏā·mə·ḵā bə·ḏā·mêḵ bə·ḏā·mî bə·ḏā·mîm ḇə·ḏā·mîm bə·ḏam bə·ḏām bə·ḏam- beDam bəḏam bəḏām bəḏam- bedaMayich bəḏāmayiḵ bəḏāmāyiḵ bedaMech bedameCha bəḏāmêḵ bəḏāməḵā bedaMi bəḏāmî bedaMim bəḏāmîm ḇəḏāmîm biḏ·mê biḏmê bidMei dā·ma·yiḵ dā·māh ḏā·māh dā·mām ḏā·mām dā·māw ḏā·māw dā·me·hā dā·mə·ḵā dā·mêḵ dā·mî ḏā·mî dā·mîm ḏā·mîm dā·mōw ḏā·mōw dam dām ḏām dam- dām- ḏam- ḏām- daMah dāmāh ḏāmāh daMam dāmām ḏāmām daMav dāmāw ḏāmāw daMayich dāmayiḵ daMech dameCha dāmehā daMeiha dāmêḵ dāməḵā daMi dāmî ḏāmî daMim dāmîm ḏāmîm daMo dāmōw ḏāmōw də·mê də·mê- də·mê·hem ḏə·mê·hem dəmê dəmê- dəmêhem ḏəmêhem deMei demeiHem dim·ḵem dimChem dimḵem dom hă·ḏam had·dā·mîm had·dām haDam hăḏam hadDam haddām haddaMim haddāmîm kad·dām kadDam kaddām lad·dām ladDam laddām lə·ḏā·mām lə·ḏā·mîm lə·ḏam lə·ḏām leDam ləḏam ləḏām ledaMam ləḏāmām ledaMim ləḏāmîm Ledom mid·dā·māh mid·dā·mām mid·dā·mə·ḵā mid·dā·mîm mid·dā·mōw mid·dam mid·dām mid·də·mê middam middām middaMah middāmāh middaMam middāmām middameCha middāməḵā middaMim middāmîm middaMo middāmōw middəmê middeMei ū·ḇə·ḏām ū·ḇə·ḏam- ū·ḏə·mê ū·mid·dam ūḇəḏām ūḇəḏam- ūḏəmê udeMei umidDam ūmiddam uvedam vaDam vadDam vechidMei vedam vedaMam vedaMav vedaMi vedaMim vedaMo vehadDam wā·ḏām wāḏām wə·ḏā·mām wə·ḏā·māw wə·ḏā·mî wə·ḏā·mîm wə·ḏā·mōw wə·ḏam wə·ḏām wə·ḏam- wə·had·dām wə·ḵiḏ·mê wəḏam wəḏām wəḏam- wəḏāmām wəḏāmāw wəḏāmî wəḏāmîm wəḏāmōw wəhaddām wəḵiḏmê