Study it in the app“And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.”
And they shedוַיִּשְׁפְּכוּinnocentנָקִיblood,דָםthe bloodדַּםof their sonsבְּנֵיהֶםand of their daughters,וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶםwhomאֲשֶׁרthey sacrificedזִבְּחוּto the idolsלַעֲצַבֵּיof Canaan;כְנָעַןand the landוַ הָאָרֶץwas pollutedתֶּחֱנַףwith blood.בַּדָּמִים
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “yishpchu” appearsinnocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zibchu” appearsidol
Idol: an image made by human hands that is worshiped. The word comes from "shape", and it sounds like the word for "pain".
Where else “atsabe” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “chenaan” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdefile
To stain the land with blood or idols.
Where else “techenaf” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
37And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
38 · This verse (above)
39And they became unclean by their works, and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
