Psalms 106:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽשְׁפְּכ֨וּ דָ֪ם נָקִ֡י דַּם־בְּנֵ֘יהֶ֤ם וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר זִ֭בְּחוּ לַעֲצַבֵּ֣י כְנָ֑עַן וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ף הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ בַּדָּמִֽים׃

Transliteration

wayyišpəkū dām nāqî dam-bənêhem and-bənōtêhem which zibəḥū to-'ăṣabbê Kənā'an watteḥĕnaf hā'āreṣ with-dāmîm

Grammar Details

*wayyišpəkū*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they shed
*dām*: noun, masculine, singular - blood
*nāqî*: adjective, masculine, singular - innocent
*dam*: noun, masculine, singular construct - blood of
*bənêhem*: noun + 3rd person plural suffix, masculine, plural - their sons
*bənōtêhem*: noun + 3rd person plural suffix, feminine, plural - their daughters
*zibəḥū*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they sacrificed
*'ăṣabbê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - idols of
*Kənā'an*: proper noun - Canaan
*watteḥĕnaf*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and it was polluted
*hā'āreṣ*: article + noun, feminine, singular - the land
*dāmîm*: noun, masculine, plural - blood

Word Meanings

*wayyišpəkū*: and they shed/poured out/spilled
*dām*: blood/bloodshed
*nāqî*: innocent/blameless/free from guilt
*zibəḥū*: they sacrificed/slaughtered/offered
*'ăṣabbê*: idols of/graven images of
*watteḥĕnaf*: and it was polluted/defiled/profaned
*hā'āreṣ*: the land/earth/ground
*dāmîm*: blood/bloodshed/bloodguilt

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Referenced Verses

Num 35:33 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Deut 21:9 : 9 So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isa 26:21 : 21 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Jer 2:34 : 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
Ezek 7:23 : 23 Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezek 22:3 : 3 And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!

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