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דָּם 360 noun masculineGenesis 9:6 blood (Late Hebrew
id., Arabic
دَمً, Ethiopic
ደም፡ Assyrian
damu Nor
239 Zim
BP 72, 76; Aramaic
דַּם,
דְּמָא MeD,
axmD) — absolute
ד׳ Genesis 37:22 154 times; construct
דַּם Genesis 9:6 +
62 times; suffix
דָּמִי 1 Samuel 26:20 +
3 times;
דָּֽמְךָ 2 Samuel 1:16 (Qr; Kt
דמיך) +
4 times;
דָּמֵךְ Ezekiel 16:22 +
3 times;
דָּמוֺ Genesis 9:4 +
30 times;
דָּמָהּ Leviticus 4:30 (twice in verse) +
11 times;
דִּמְכֶם Genesis 9:5;
דָּמָם Leviticus 16:27 +
11 times; plural
דָּמִים Exodus 4:25 +
35 times; construct
דְּמֵי Genesis 4:10 +
18 times; suffix
דָּמֶיךָ 2 Samuel 1:16 Kt (Qr
דָּֽמְךָ);
דָּמַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:6 (
3 times in verse);
Ezekiel 16:9;
דָּמָיו Leviticus 20:9 +
3 times;
דָּמֶיהָ Leviticus 12:7 +
2 times;
דְּמֵיהֶם Leviticus 20:11 +
5 times; —
2. usually blood become visible,
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 (
3 times 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 בְּדָמִים נָגָ֑עוּ 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);
דָּמִים מִשְׁפַּט Ezekiel 7:23 bloody crime; as symbol of oppression, violence
Micah 3:10 (||
עַוְלָה),
Habakkuk 2:12 (|| id.)
m. atonement for blood-guilt is expressed by
הַדָּם לָהֶם וְנִכַּפֵּר Deuteronomy 21:8 (on form of verb compare Ges
§ 55, 9 & Di).
3. blood used with religious significance,
b. blood used in ritual,
Leviticus 17:11 יְכַפֵּר בַּנֶּפֶשׁ הוּא הַדָּם (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 (
3 times 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 (
3 times 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 (
3 times 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.)
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);
הַכִּפֻּרִים חַטָּאת דַּם 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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