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2 Samuel 1:22
“From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דָּםdâm · dawm
H1818 · Hebrew
H1818 · Hebrew
- Definition
- blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- Derivation
- from H1826 (דָּמַם) (compare H119 (אָדַם));
- KJV renderings
- blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
- Grammar
- מִ — preposition
- דַּ֣ם — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 361 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:10Genesis 4:11Genesis 9:4Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.