Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.12.16", "source": "רַ֥ק הַדָּ֖ם לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃", "text": "*Raq* the-*dām* not *tōʾkhēlû* upon-the-*ʾāreṣ* *tishpəkhennû* like-the-*māyim*", "grammar": { "*raq*": "adverb - only/however", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the blood", "*tōʾkhēlû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall eat", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/ground/land", "*tishpəkhennû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall pour it out", "*māyim*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the water" }, "variants": { "*raq*": "only/nevertheless/however", "*dām*": "blood/bloodshed", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/ground/land/soil", "*tishpəkhennû*": "pour out/spill/shed" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Genesis.9.4", "source": "אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ דָמ֖וֹ לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃", "text": "*ʾak*-*bāśār* in-*napšô* *dāmô* *lōʾ* *tōʾkēlû*.", "grammar": { "*ʾak*": "particle of restriction - only/but/surely", "*bāśār*": "noun, masculine, singular - flesh/meat", "*napšô*": "noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - its life/soul", "*dāmô*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - its blood", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tōʾkēlû*": "imperfect, 2nd plural masculine - you shall eat" }, "variants": { "*ʾak*": "but/only/however/yet", "*bāśār*": "flesh/meat/body", "*napšô*": "its life/its soul/its vitality/its being", "*dāmô*": "its blood/its lifeblood" } }
  • Deut 15:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.15.23", "source": "רַ֥ק אֶת־דָּמ֖וֹ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑ל עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃", "text": "*raq* *ʾēṯ*-its *dām* not shall you *ʾāḵal*; upon-the *ʾāreṣ* you shall *šāpaḵ* it like the *mayim*.", "grammar": { "*raq*": "adverb - only", "*dām*": "noun with possessive suffix, masculine singular - its blood", "*ʾāḵal*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall eat", "*ʾāreṣ*": "definite noun, feminine singular - the ground/earth", "*šāpaḵ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall pour it out", "*mayim*": "definite noun, masculine plural - the water" }, "variants": { "*raq*": "only/just/merely", "*dām*": "blood/bloodshed", "*ʾāḵal*": "eat/consume", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/ground/land", "*šāpaḵ*": "pour out/shed/spill", "*mayim*": "water/waters" } }
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 { "verseID": "Acts.15.29", "source": "Ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων, καὶ αἵματος, καὶ πνικτοῦ, καὶ πορνείας: ἐξ ὧν διατηροῦντες ἑαυτούς, εὖ πράξετε. Ἔρρωσθε.", "text": "To *apechesthai eidōlothytōn*, and *haimatos*, and *pniktou*, and *porneias*: from which *diatērountes heautous*, well you will *praxete*. *Errōsthe*.", "grammar": { "*apechesthai*": "present, infinitive, middle - to abstain", "*eidōlothytōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - things sacrificed to idols", "*haimatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - blood", "*pniktou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - what is strangled", "*porneias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - sexual immorality", "*ex*": "preposition + genitive - from", "*hōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - which", "*diatērountes*": "present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - keeping/guarding", "*heautous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - yourselves", "*eu*": "adverb - well", "*praxete*": "future, indicative, active, 2nd person, plural - you will do/fare", "*errōsthe*": "perfect, imperative, passive, 2nd person, plural - be well/farewell" }, "variants": { "*apechesthai*": "to abstain/keep away/refrain", "*eidōlothytōn*": "things sacrificed to idols/meat offered to idols", "*pniktou*": "what is strangled/strangled meat", "*porneias*": "sexual immorality/fornication", "*diatērountes*": "keeping/guarding/preserving", "*praxete*": "you will do/fare/act", "*errōsthe*": "be well/farewell [standard letter closing]" } }
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 { "verseID": "1 Timothy.4.4", "source": "Ὅτι πᾶν κτίσμα Θεοῦ καλόν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπόβλητον, μετὰ εὐχαριστίας λαμβανόμενον:", "text": "*Hoti* every *ktisma* of *Theou* *kalon*, and nothing *apoblēton*, *meta* *eucharistias* *lambanomenon*:", "grammar": { "*Hoti*": "conjunction - because/for/that", "*ktisma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - created thing/creature", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*kalon*": "nominative, neuter, singular - good/beautiful", "*apoblēton*": "nominative, neuter, singular - to be rejected/refused", "*meta*": "preposition + genitive - with", "*eucharistias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - thanksgiving/gratitude", "*lambanomenon*": "present, passive, participle, nominative, neuter, singular - being received/taken" }, "variants": { "*Hoti*": "because/for/that", "*ktisma*": "created thing/creature/creation", "*kalon*": "good/beautiful/excellent", "*apoblēton*": "to be rejected/cast away/refused", "*lambanomenon*": "being received/taken/accepted" } }
  • Lev 7:26-27 : 26 { "verseID": "Leviticus.7.26", "source": "וְכָל־דָּם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֔וּ בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לָע֖וֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃", "text": "And any *dām* not *tōʾkəlû* in all *môšəbōtêkem*, to the *ʿôp* and to the *bəhēmâ*", "grammar": { "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular - blood", "*tōʾkəlû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall eat", "*môšəbōtêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your dwellings", "*ʿôp*": "definite noun, masculine singular - bird/fowl", "*bəhēmâ*": "definite noun, feminine singular - beast/animal" }, "variants": { "*dām*": "blood/bloodshed", "*tōʾkəlû*": "you shall eat/you may eat", "*môšəbōtêkem*": "your dwellings/your habitations", "*ʿôp*": "bird/fowl/flying creature", "*bəhēmâ*": "beast/animal/cattle" } } 27 { "verseID": "Leviticus.7.27", "source": "כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַ֣ל כָּל־דָּ֑ם וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃", "text": "Every *nepeš* which *tōʾkal* any *dām*, and *nikrətâ* the *nepeš* that from *ʿammeyhā*", "grammar": { "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul/person", "*tōʾkal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she eats", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular - blood", "*nikrətâ*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she shall be cut off", "*nepeš*": "definite noun, feminine singular - soul/person", "*ʿammeyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her people" }, "variants": { "*nepeš*": "soul/person/life", "*tōʾkal*": "she eats/she will eat", "*dām*": "blood/bloodshed", "*nikrətâ*": "she shall be cut off/she will be excommunicated", "*ʿammeyhā*": "her people/her kin/her relatives" } }
  • Lev 17:10-13 : 10 { "verseID": "Leviticus.17.10", "source": "וְאִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמִן־הַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹאכַ֖ל כָּל־דָּ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֣י פָנַ֗י בַּנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙ הָאֹכֶ֣לֶת אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י אֹתָ֖הּ מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּֽהּ׃", "text": "And *ʾîš* *ʾîš* from *bêt Yiśrāʾēl* and from the *gēr* who *gār* among them who *yōʾkal* any *dām*, and *wenātattî* my *pānay* against the *nepeš* who *ʾōkelet* *et-haddām* and *wehikrattî* her from *qereb* her people", "grammar": { "*ʾîš* *ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular repeated - any man [distributive]", "*bêt Yiśrāʾēl*": "construct chain - house of Israel", "*gēr*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the sojourner/foreigner", "*gār*": "Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one sojourning", "*yōʾkal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he eats", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular - blood", "*wenātattî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will set", "*pānay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my face", "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the soul/person", "*ʾōkelet*": "Qal participle, feminine singular with definite article - the one eating", "*et-haddām*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with definite article - the blood", "*wehikrattî*": "Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will cut off", "*qereb*": "noun, masculine singular construct - midst/among" }, "variants": { "*ʾîš* *ʾîš*": "any man/any person/anyone/whoever [emphatic distributive]", "*bêt Yiśrāʾēl*": "house of Israel/Israelite community", "*gēr*": "sojourner/foreigner/resident alien", "*gār*": "sojourning/residing/dwelling as an alien", "*yōʾkal*": "eats/consumes", "*dām*": "blood", "*wenātattî*": "and I will set/place/direct", "*pānay*": "my face/my presence [idiom for attention or opposition]", "*nepeš*": "soul/person/life", "*ʾōkelet*": "eating/consuming", "*wehikrattî*": "and I will cut off/destroy/remove", "*qereb*": "midst/among/from within" } } 11 { "verseID": "Leviticus.17.11", "source": "כִּ֣י נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר֮ בַּדָּ֣ם הִוא֒ וַאֲנִ֞י נְתַתִּ֤יו לָכֶם֙ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־הַדָּ֥ם ה֖וּא בַּנֶּ֥פֶשׁ יְכַפֵּֽר׃", "text": "For *nepeš* the *bāśār* in the *dām* it is, and I *nĕtattîw* to you upon the *mizzbēaḥ* to *kappēr* upon your *napšōtêkem*; for the *dām* it is in the *nepeš* *yěkappēr*", "grammar": { "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular construct - life/soul of", "*bāśār*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the flesh", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the blood", "*nĕtattîw*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - I have given it", "*mizzbēaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the altar", "*kappēr*": "Piel infinitive construct - to atone/make expiation", "*napšōtêkem*": "noun, feminine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your souls/lives", "*yěkappēr*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it makes atonement" }, "variants": { "*nepeš*": "life/soul/person", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/meat", "*dām*": "blood", "*nĕtattîw*": "I have given it/I have assigned it", "*mizzbēaḥ*": "altar/sacrificial platform", "*kappēr*": "to atone/make expiation/cover over", "*napšōtêkem*": "your souls/your lives/yourselves", "*yěkappēr*": "makes atonement/makes expiation/covers over" } } 12 { "verseID": "Leviticus.17.12", "source": "עַל־כֵּ֤ן אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ מִכֶּ֖ם לֹא־תֹ֣אכַל דָּ֑ם וְהַגֵּ֛ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל דָּֽם׃", "text": "Therefore *ʾāmartî* to *benê Yiśrāʾēl*: Any *nepeš* from you not *tōʾkal* *dām*, and the *gēr* who *gār* among you not *yōʾkal* *dām*", "grammar": { "*ʾāmartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have said", "*benê Yiśrāʾēl*": "construct chain - sons of Israel", "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul/person", "*tōʾkal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she shall eat", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular - blood", "*gēr*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the sojourner", "*gār*": "Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one sojourning", "*yōʾkal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall eat" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmartî*": "I have said/I have told", "*benê Yiśrāʾēl*": "children of Israel/Israelites", "*nepeš*": "soul/person/anyone", "*tōʾkal*": "shall eat/consume", "*dām*": "blood", "*gēr*": "sojourner/foreigner/resident alien", "*gār*": "sojourning/residing/dwelling as an alien", "*yōʾkal*": "shall eat/consume" } } 13 { "verseID": "Leviticus.17.13", "source": "וְאִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמִן־הַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצ֜וּד צֵ֥יד חַיָּ֛ה אוֹ־ע֖וֹף אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵאָכֵ֑ל וְשָׁפַךְ֙ אֶת־דָּמ֔וֹ וְכִסָּ֖הוּ בֶּעָפָֽר׃", "text": "And *ʾîš* *ʾîš* from *benê Yiśrāʾēl* and from the *gēr* who *gār* among them who *yāṣûd* *ṣêd* of *ḥayyāh* or *ʿôp* which *yēʾākēl*, and *wešāpak* *et-dāmô* and *wekissāhû* with *ʿāpār*", "grammar": { "*ʾîš* *ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular repeated - any man [distributive]", "*benê Yiśrāʾēl*": "construct chain - sons of Israel", "*gēr*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the sojourner", "*gār*": "Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one sojourning", "*yāṣûd*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hunts", "*ṣêd*": "noun, masculine singular construct - game/prey of", "*ḥayyāh*": "noun, feminine singular - living thing/beast", "*ʿôp*": "noun, masculine singular - bird/fowl", "*yēʾākēl*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it may be eaten", "*wešāpak*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he shall pour out", "*et-dāmô*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its blood", "*wekissāhû*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive and 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he shall cover it", "*ʿāpār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/soil" }, "variants": { "*ʾîš* *ʾîš*": "any man/any person/anyone/whoever [emphatic distributive]", "*benê Yiśrāʾēl*": "children of Israel/Israelites", "*gēr*": "sojourner/foreigner/resident alien", "*gār*": "sojourning/residing/dwelling as an alien", "*yāṣûd*": "hunts/catches/traps", "*ṣêd*": "game/prey/catch", "*ḥayyāh*": "wild animal/beast/living creature", "*ʿôp*": "bird/fowl", "*yēʾākēl*": "may be eaten/is permitted for food", "*wešāpak*": "and he shall pour out/drain", "*dāmô*": "its blood", "*wekissāhû*": "and he shall cover it", "*ʿāpār*": "dust/soil/earth" } }
  • Deut 12:23-24 : 23 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.12.23", "source": "רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ אֲכֹ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם כִּ֥י הַדָּ֖ם ה֣וּא הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַ֥ל הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָֽׂר׃", "text": "*Raq* *ḥăzaq* to-*biltî*-*ʾăkhōl* the-*dām* *kî* the-*dām* he the-*nāphesh* *wə*-not-*tōʾkhal* the-*nephesh* with-the-*bāśār*", "grammar": { "*raq*": "adverb - only/still", "*ḥăzaq*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - be strong", "*biltî*": "preposition - not/without", "*ʾăkhōl*": "verb, Qal infinitive construct - to eat", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the blood", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*hû*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/it", "*nāphesh*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the life/soul", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*tōʾkhal*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall eat", "*nephesh*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the life/soul", "*bāśār*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the flesh/meat" }, "variants": { "*raq*": "only/but/surely", "*ḥăzaq*": "be strong/firm/resolute", "*biltî*": "not/without/except", "*dām*": "blood/bloodshed", "*nāphesh*": "life/soul/self/person/being", "*bāśār*": "flesh/meat/body" } } 24 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.12.24", "source": "לֹ֖א תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃", "text": "Not *tōʾkhəlennû* upon-the-*ʾāreṣ* *tishpəkhennû* like-the-*māyim*", "grammar": { "*tōʾkhəlennû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall eat it", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/ground", "*tishpəkhennû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall pour it out", "*māyim*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the water" }, "variants": { "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/ground/land/soil", "*tishpəkhennû*": "pour out/spill/shed" } }