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out & covered with dust Lv 17:13 ( cf. RS Sem i. 216 f. ). 2. usually blood become visible,
a. as from a wound ד׳ הַמַּכָּה 1 K 22:35 ( cf. חֲתַן דָּמִים Ex 4:2 5, 26 v. infr. h ); licked by dogs 1 K 21:19 (×2); 22:38 Ex 32: 6; from the nose Pr 30:33 ; bloody issue of a woman Lv 15:19 cf. v 2 5; pl. דְּמֵי טָֽהֳרָה 12: 4, 5 , & מְקֹר דָּמֶיהָ v 7 (all P ) 20:18 ( H ); blood in which child welters Ez 16:6 (×2), 22 + v 6 ( del. A B ã Co al. ); of goat Gn 37:31 (JE); of slain bird Lv 14:6 , 51 , 52 . b. often obj. of שָׁפַךְ spill, shed Gn 9:6 ( P ) 37:22 ( E ) Nu 35:33 ( P ) Lv 17:4 ( H ) Dt 21:7 1 S 25:31 1 K 18:28 2 K 21:16 24:4 1 Ch 22:8 Ez 16:3 8; 22:4 , 6 , 9 , 12 , 27 ; 23:45 ; 33:25 ; 36:18 ( del. B C o) Pr 1:16 ; also ψ 79:3 שָֽׁפְכוּ דָמָם כַּמַּיִם ; שֹׁמֵךְ דָּם a blood- shedder Ez 18:1 0; עִיר שֹׁפֶכֶת דָּם Ez 22:3 cf. v 4 (also 1 K 2:31 Je 22: 3, 17 1 Ch 22:8 ; 28:3 Pr 6:17 La 4:1 3); less often subj. of pass. שָׁפוּךְ , נִשְׁפָּךְ , etc. Gn 9:6 Nu 35:33 (both P ) Dt 19:10 Zp 1:17 ψ 79:10 . c. דַּם חָלָל Dt 32:42 (song) blood of slain; ד׳ חֲלָלִים 2 S 1:22 so Nu 23:24 (JE), obj. of שָׁתָה , of Isr. under fig. of lion; cf. also Ez 39:17 , 18 , 19 , & 2 S 23:27 = 1 Ch 11:19 ( דַּם הָאֲנָשִׁים hyperbol. for imperilled life); as food of young eagles Jb 39:30 . d. often of innocent blood , i.e. blood shed with injustice & cruelty, דָּם נָקִי Dt 21: 8, 9 1 S 19:5 2 K 21:16 ; 24:4 ψ 94:21 ; 106:38 cf. v 38 Pr 6:17 Is 59:7 Je 7: 6; 22:3 (also 26:15 ); דָּם נָקִיא Jo 4:19 Jon 1:1 4; also in cstr. דַּם נָקִי Dt 19:1 0; cf. 27:25 ד׳ נ׳ לְהַכֹּות נֶפֶשׁ ; דַּם הַנָּקִי Dt 19:13 Je 22:17 2 K 24: 4; דַּם נְקִיִּים Je 19:4 ; דַּם נַפְשֹׁום אֶבְיֹונִים נְקִיִּים Je 2:3 4; further דַּם צַדִּיקִים La 4:13 ; דְּמֵי חִנָּם 1 K 2:3 1; in ψ 30:10 דָּמִי = my death ( || רִדְתִּי אֶל־שַׁחַת e. avenger of blood גֹּאֵל הַדָּם Nu 35:1 9, 21 , 24 , 25 , 27 (×2) (all P ); Dt 19:6 , 12 Jos 20: 3, 5 , 9 2 S 14:1 1. f. pl. דָּמִים of abundance, blood in quantity, hence sometimes of blood shed by rude violence, and of blood-stains;— Gn 4:10 , 11
( J ) as crying from the ground for vengeance ( cf. RS Sem i. 397), comp. also 2 S 3:28 ; 16:8 2 K 9:26 (×2); Is 1:15 ; 9:4 ; 26:21 Ez 16:6 (×3), 9 , 36 (on text of v 6 vid. supr .) Zc 9:7 2 Ch 24:25 ; דְּמֵי אָדָם Hb 2: 8, 17 , and in other connexions; but interchangeably with sg. 2 S 3:2 7; 20:12 2 K 9:33 Is 34: 3, 6 , (×2), 7 Ez 21:3 7; 22:13 ( pl. C o) 24:8 (×2) al. ;
v. especially אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי Jb 16:1 8; דְּמֵי ירושׁלם blood-stains of Jerusalem Is 4: 4; = slaughter, sg. Gn 37:26 ( J ) Je 48:10 Ez 5:1 7; 28:23 ( || דֶּבֶר ) 38:22 ( || id. ); דַּם־עֲבָדָיו Dt 32:43 (song: cf. ψ 79:10 ); pl. דְּמֵי עֲבָדַי 2 K 9:7 (×2); דְּמֵי יִזְרְעֶאל Ho 1:4 bloodshed at Jezreel; cf. נָנָ˜עוּ דָּמִים בְּדָמִים Ho 4: 2; דְּמֵי מִלְחָמָה 1 K 2:5 (×2); in Ez 9:9 וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָם (Bear) read דָּמִים for חָמָס v. d. H. Vrss Co Comm .; אָרַב לְדָם lie in wait for blood Pr 1:11 cf. v 18 12:6 Mi 7: 2; דָּמִים of a plan of murder Is 33:15 ( obj. of שׁמע ); מִשְׁפַּט דָּמִים Ez 7:23 bloody crime; as symbol of

v. d. H. E. van der Hooght , Heb. text of O.T.


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