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And you shall notוְ לֹאeatתֹאכְלוּanyכָלblood,דָּםwhether of birdלָעוֹףor of beast,וְלַבְּהֵמָהinבְּanyכֹלof your dwellings.מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם
Leviticus 7:26
Study it in the app“And you shall not eat any blood, whether of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 7:26, word by word
- eatתֹאכְלוּtochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochlu” appears- bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- whether of birdעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- or of beastבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- of your dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvote” appears
Translation note
The reason is given in Leviticus 17:11: life is in the blood. Compare Acts 15:20.
The context
25For whoever eats the fat of the beast from which one presents a fire offering to YHWH, the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people.
26 · This verse (above)
27Any person who eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”