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Thereforeעַל כֵּןI have saidאָמַרְתִּיto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלNoלֹאpersonכָּל נֶפֶשׁamong youמִכֶּםshall eatתֹאכַלblood,דָּםand the resident alienוְהַגֵּרwho residesהַגָּרamong youבְּתוֹכְכֶםshall notלֹאeatיֹאכַלblood.דָּם
Leviticus 17:12
Study it in the app“Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel: No person among you shall eat blood, and the resident alien who resides among you shall not eat blood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 17:12, word by word
- I have saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- shall eatתֹאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- and the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- who residesגָּרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears- among youתוֹכְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears
The context
11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make expiation for your lives; for it is the blood that makes expiation by means of the life.
12 · This verse (above)
13And any man of the sons of Israel or of the resident aliens who reside among them, who hunts game, an animal or a bird that may be eaten, shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.