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Onlyרַקbe firmחֲזַקnotלְבִלְתִּיto eatאֲכֹלthe blood,הַדָּםforכִּיthe bloodהַדָּםisהוּאthe life,הַנָּפֶשׁand you shall notוְלֹאeatתֹאכַלthe lifeהַנֶּפֶשׁwithעִםthe meat.הַבָּשָׂר
Deuteronomy 12:23
Study it in the app“Only be firm not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 12:23, word by word
- be firmחֲזַקchazak
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “chazak” appears- to eatאֲכֹלachol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achol” appears- the bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- the lifeנָּפֶשׁnafesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafesh” appears- the meatבָּשָׂרbasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “basar” appears
Translation note
“The life” translates nefesh, the same word as “soul”: blood is what keeps the animal alive (Leviticus 17:11).
The context
22Just as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so you shall eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
23 · This verse (above)
24You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.