הַדָּם
hadam · piece, limb
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H1917 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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hadam (הַדָּם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “piece, limb”.
Piece, a limb cut off (Aramaic): "to be made into pieces".
How to say it
ha·dam
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The parts of a body cut apart.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 2:5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be made into pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.
- Daniel 3:29
And from me is made a decree that any people, nation, or language that says anything amiss against their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into pieces, and its house shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other Elah who is able to rescue like this.”