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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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