Genesis 9:4

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{ "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" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ דָמ֖וֹ לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾak-bāśār in-napšô dāmô lōʾ tōʾkēlû.

Grammar Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *ʾak*: but/only/however/yet
• *bāśār*: flesh/meat/body
• *napšô*: its life/its soul/its vitality/its being
• *dāmô*: its blood/its lifeblood

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But{H389} flesh{H1320} with the life{H5315} thereof, [which is] the blood{H1818} thereof, shall ye not eat.{H398}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But{H389} flesh{H1320} with the life{H5315} thereof, which is the blood{H1818} thereof, shall ye not eat{H398}{(H8799)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Only the flesh with his life which is his bloud se that ye eate not.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude, wherin the soule is:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But flesh with the life thereof, I meane, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But flesh in the life therof which is the blood therof, shall ye not eate.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But flesh with the life of it, the blood of it, you shall not eat.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But flesh with the life thereof, `which is' the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But you must not eat meat with its life(that is, its blood) in it.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:16 : 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" } }
• Deut 12:23 : 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" } }
• Acts 15:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Acts.15.20", "source": "Ἀλλὰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς, τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων, καὶ τῆς πορνείας, καὶ τοῦ πνικτοῦ, καὶ τοῦ αἵματος.", "text": "But to *episteilai* to them, to *apechesthai apo tōn alisgēmatōn tōn eidōlōn*, and *tēs porneias*, and the *pniktou*, and the *haimatos*.", "grammar": { "*alla*": "conjunction - but/rather", "*episteilai*": "aorist, infinitive, active - to write/send [a letter]", "*autois*": "dative, masculine, plural - to them", "*tou apechesthai*": "present, infinitive, middle, articular - the abstaining", "*apo*": "preposition + genitive - from", "*tōn alisgēmatōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - the pollutions/defilements", "*tōn eidōlōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of idols", "*tēs porneias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - sexual immorality", "*tou pniktou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - what is strangled", "*tou haimatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - the blood" }, "variants": { "*episteilai*": "to write/send [a letter]/instruct", "*apechesthai*": "to abstain/keep away/refrain", "*alisgēmatōn*": "pollutions/defilements/contaminations", "*eidōlōn*": "idols/images", "*porneias*": "sexual immorality/fornication", "*pniktou*": "what is strangled/strangled meat", "*haimatos*": "blood" } }
• 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]" } }
• Lev 17:10-14 : 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" } } 14 { "verseID": "Leviticus.17.14", "source": "כִּֽי־נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר דָּמ֣וֹ בְנַפְשׁוֹ֮ הוּא֒ וָֽאֹמַר֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דַּ֥ם כָּל־בָּשָׂ֖ר לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ כִּ֣י נֶ֤פֶשׁ כָּל־בָּשָׂר֙ דָּמ֣וֹ הִ֔וא כָּל־אֹכְלָ֖יו יִכָּרֵֽת׃", "text": "For *nepeš* all *bāśār*, *dāmô* is *benapšô* it is, and *wāʾōmar* to *benê Yiśrāʾēl*: *dam* all *bāśār* not *tōʾkēlû*; for *nepeš* all *bāśār* *dāmô* it is, all who *ʾōkelāyw* *yikkārēt*", "grammar": { "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular construct - life/soul of", "*bāśār*": "noun, masculine singular - flesh", "*dāmô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its blood", "*benapšô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in its life", "*wāʾōmar*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I said", "*benê Yiśrāʾēl*": "construct chain - sons of Israel", "*dam*": "noun, masculine singular construct - blood of", "*tōʾkēlû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall eat", "*ʾōkelāyw*": "Qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - those eating it", "*yikkārēt*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be cut off" }, "variants": { "*nepeš*": "life/soul/vitality", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/living being", "*dāmô*": "its blood", "*benapšô*": "in its life/with its life/is its life", "*wāʾōmar*": "and I said/and I commanded", "*benê Yiśrāʾēl*": "children of Israel/Israelites", "*dam*": "blood of", "*tōʾkēlû*": "you shall eat/consume", "*ʾōkelāyw*": "those eating it/those who consume it", "*yikkārēt*": "shall be cut off/removed/excluded" } }
• Lev 19:26 : 26 { "verseID": "Leviticus.19.26", "source": "לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּ עַל־הַדָּ֑ם לֹ֥א תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ", "text": "*lōʾ* *ṯōʾḵəlû* *ʿal*-*haddām* *lōʾ* *ṯənaḥăšû* *wə-lōʾ* *ṯəʿônēnû*", "grammar": { "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ṯōʾḵəlû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall eat", "*ʿal*": "preposition - with/over", "*haddām*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the blood", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ṯənaḥăšû*": "Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall practice divination", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ṯəʿônēnû*": "Poel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall practice soothsaying" }, "variants": { "*ṯōʾḵəlû* *ʿal*-*haddām*": "eat with blood/eat over blood/eat blood-containing meat", "*ṯənaḥăšû*": "practice divination/observe omens/use enchantments/read signs", "*ṯəʿônēnû*": "practice soothsaying/use witchcraft/tell fortunes/practice magic" } }
• Lev 3:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Leviticus.3.17", "source": "חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־חֵ֥לֶב וְכָל־דָּ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃", "text": "*ḥuqqat* *ʿôlām* for your *dōrōt* in all your *môšābōt*: all *ḥēleb* and all *dām* not *tōʾkēlû*.", "grammar": { "*ḥuqqat*": "feminine singular construct - 'statute of'", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - 'eternity/perpetuity'", "לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'for your generations'", "בְּכֹל": "preposition + construct state - 'in all'", "*môšābōt*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your dwelling places'", "כָּל": "construct state - 'all of'", "*ḥēleb*": "masculine singular noun - 'fat'", "וְכָל": "conjunction + construct state - 'and all of'", "*dām*": "masculine singular noun - 'blood'", "לֹא": "negative particle - 'not'", "*tōʾkēlû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'you shall eat'" }, "variants": { "*ḥuqqat*": "statute/ordinance/decree/prescribed limit", "*ʿôlām*": "long duration/forever/perpetuity/eternity", "*dōrōt*": "generations/periods/ages", "*môšābōt*": "dwelling places/settlements/habitations", "*ḥēleb*": "fat/best part", "*dām*": "blood", "*tōʾkēlû*": "you shall eat/consume/devour" } }
• Lev 7:26 : 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" } }
• 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" } }
• 1 Sam 14:33-34 : 33 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.14.33", "source": "וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ לְשָׁאוּל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֥ה הָעָ֛ם חֹטִ֥אים לַֽיהוָ֖ה לֶאֱכֹ֣ל עַל־הַדָּ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בְּגַדְתֶּ֔ם גֹּֽלּוּ־אֵלַ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם אֶ֥בֶן גְּדוֹלָֽה׃", "text": "*wayyaggîdû* to-*šāʾûl* *lēʾmōr* *hinnê* the-*ʿām* *ḥōṭīm* to-*YHWH* to-*ʾeḵōl* upon-the-*dām* *wayyōʾmer* *bəḡadtem* *gōllû*-unto-me the-*yôm* *ʾeḇen* *gədôlâ*", "grammar": { "*wayyaggîdû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they told/reported", "*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul", "*lēʾmōr*": "verb, qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - saying", "*hinnê*": "demonstrative particle - behold/look", "*ʿām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - people", "*ḥōṭīm*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural - sinning", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾeḵōl*": "verb, qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to eat", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - blood", "*wayyōʾmer*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*bəḡadtem*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have acted treacherously", "*gōllû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - roll", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - day", "*ʾeḇen*": "noun, feminine singular - stone", "*gədôlâ*": "adjective, feminine singular - large/great" }, "variants": { "*bəḡadtem*": "you have dealt treacherously, you have transgressed, you have betrayed", "*gōllû*": "roll, roll away, bring" } } 34 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.14.34", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֣וּל פֻּ֣צוּ בָעָ֡ם וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם לָהֶ֡ם הַגִּ֣ישׁוּ אֵלַי֩ אִ֨ישׁ שׁוֹר֜וֹ וְאִ֣ישׁ שְׂיֵ֗הוּ וּשְׁחַטְתֶּ֤ם בָּזֶה֙ וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֔ם וְלֹֽא־תֶחֶטְא֥וּ לַֽיהוָ֖ה לֶאֱכֹ֣ל אֶל־הַדָּ֑ם וַיַּגִּ֨שׁוּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אִ֣ישׁ שׁוֹר֧וֹ בְיָד֛וֹ הַלַּ֖יְלָה וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־שָֽׁם׃", "text": "*wayyōʾmer* *šāʾûl* *puṣû* in-the-*ʿām* and-*ʾămartem* to-them *haggîšû* unto-me *ʾîš* *šôrô* and-*ʾîš* *śēyēhû* and-*šəḥaṭtem* in-this and-*ʾăḵaltem* and-not-*teḥeṭʾû* to-*YHWH* to-*ʾeḵōl* unto-the-*dām* *wayyaggîšû* all-the-*ʿām* *ʾîš* *šôrô* in-*yādô* the-*laylâ* *wayyišḥăṭû*-there", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul", "*puṣû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - disperse/scatter", "*ʿām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - people", "*ʾămartem*": "verb, qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd masculine plural - and say", "*haggîšû*": "verb, hiphil imperative, masculine plural - bring near", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man/each", "*šôrô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ox", "*śēyēhû*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sheep/lamb", "*šəḥaṭtem*": "verb, qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd masculine plural - and slaughter", "*ʾăḵaltem*": "verb, qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd masculine plural - and eat", "*teḥeṭʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - sin", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾeḵōl*": "verb, qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to eat", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - blood", "*wayyaggîšû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they brought", "*šôrô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ox", "*yādô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand", "*laylâ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - night", "*wayyišḥăṭû*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they slaughtered" }, "variants": { "*puṣû*": "disperse, scatter, spread out", "*haggîšû*": "bring near, present, offer", "*śēyēhû*": "his sheep, his lamb, his small livestock" } }
• Deut 14:21 : 21 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.14.21", "source": "לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֣וּ כָל־נְ֠בֵלָה לַגֵּ֨ר אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׁעָרֶ֜יךָ תִּתְּנֶ֣נָּה וַאֲכָלָ֗הּ א֤וֹ מָכֹר֙ לְנָכְרִ֔י כִּ֣י עַ֤ם קָדוֹשׁ֙ אַתָּ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃", "text": "Not *tōʾklû* any-*nəbēlâ* to-the-*gēr* which-in-*šəʿārêkā* *tittənennāh* and-*ʾăkālāh* or *mākōr* to-*nokrî* for *ʿam* *qādôš* *ʾattâ* to-*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêkā* not-*təbaššēl* *gədî* in-*ḥălēb* *ʾimmô*", "grammar": { "*tōʾklû*": "qal imperfect second person masculine plural - you shall eat", "*nəbēlâ*": "feminine singular noun - carcass/dead body", "*gēr*": "masculine singular noun - sojourner/foreigner", "*šəʿārêkā*": "masculine plural noun with second person masculine singular suffix - your gates", "*tittənennāh*": "qal imperfect second person masculine singular with feminine singular suffix - you shall give it", "*ʾăkālāh*": "qal perfect third person masculine singular with feminine singular suffix - he may eat it", "*mākōr*": "qal infinitive absolute - selling", "*nokrî*": "masculine singular adjective - foreign/alien", "*ʿam*": "masculine singular noun - people", "*qādôš*": "masculine singular adjective - holy/set apart", "*ʾattâ*": "second person masculine singular pronoun - you", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ʾĕlōhêkā*": "masculine plural noun with second person masculine singular suffix - your God", "*təbaššēl*": "piel imperfect second person masculine singular - you shall boil/cook", "*gədî*": "masculine singular noun - young goat/kid", "*ḥălēb*": "masculine singular noun construct - milk of", "*ʾimmô*": "feminine singular noun with third person masculine singular suffix - its mother" }, "variants": { "*nəbēlâ*": "carcass/dead body/that which dies naturally", "*gēr*": "sojourner/foreigner/resident alien", "*šəʿārêkā*": "your gates/your towns", "*mākōr*": "selling/you may sell", "*nokrî*": "foreign/alien/stranger", "*qādôš*": "holy/set apart/consecrated", "*təbaššēl*": "boil/cook/seethe", "*gədî*": "young goat/kid/young animal" } }
• 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" } }
• Acts 15:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Acts.15.25", "source": "Ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν, γενομένοις ὁμοθυμαδόν, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς σὺν τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἡμῶν Βαρνάβᾳ καὶ Παύλῳ,", "text": "It *edoxen* to us, having *genomenois homothymadon*, having *eklexamenous andras pempsai pros humas* with the *agapētois* of us *Barnaba* and *Paulō*,", "grammar": { "*edoxen*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - it seemed good", "*hēmin*": "dative, 1st person, plural - to us", "*genomenois*": "aorist participle, middle, dative, masculine, plural - having become", "*homothymadon*": "adverb - with one accord", "*eklexamenous*": "aorist participle, middle, accusative, masculine, plural - having chosen", "*andras*": "accusative, masculine, plural - men", "*pempsai*": "aorist, infinitive, active - to send", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to", "*humas*": "accusative, 2nd person, plural - you", "*syn*": "preposition + dative - with", "*tois agapētois*": "dative, masculine, plural - the beloved", "*hēmōn*": "genitive, 1st person, plural - of us", "*Barnaba*": "dative, masculine, singular - Barnabas", "*Paulō*": "dative, masculine, singular - Paul" }, "variants": { "*edoxen*": "it seemed good/it was decided/it pleased", "*genomenois*": "having become/been", "*homothymadon*": "with one accord/unanimously/in agreement", "*eklexamenous*": "having chosen/selected", "*pempsai*": "to send/dispatch", "*agapētois*": "beloved/dear ones" } }