Study it in the app“For the life of all flesh, its blood is in its life; so I have said to the sons of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.”
Forכִּיthe lifeנֶפֶשׁof allכָּלflesh,בָּשָׂרits bloodדָּמוֹisהוּאin its life;בְנַפְשׁוֹso I have saidוָאֹמַרto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלYou shall notלֹאeatתֹאכֵלוּthe bloodדַּםof anyכָּלflesh,בָּשָׂרforכִּיthe lifeנֶפֶשׁof allכָּלfleshבָּשָׂרisהִואits blood;דָּמוֹwhoeverכָּלeats itאֹכְלָיוshall be cut off.יִכָּרֵת
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
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” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yikaret” appearsThe first sentence is difficult in Hebrew; word for word it says: “the life of all flesh, its blood in its life is.” The general sense is clear: the blood represents the life.
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15And any person who eats an animal that died or one torn by beasts, whether native or resident alien, shall wash his garments and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.
