דַּ֣ם
𐤃𐤌
dam
blood
from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); 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); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
Genesis 9:6 · Word #2
Lexicon H1818
| Lemma | דָּם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤃𐤌 |
| Transliteration | dâm |
| Strong's | H1818 |
| In-context | blood |
Morphology HNcmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H1818-10
life-blood
| Morphological Notes | Common masculine singular noun; appears in both absolute (cmsa) and construct (cmsc) forms in the data. No pronominal suffixes are present in these forms. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun is masculine singular (absolute or construct), so the rendering remains singular: "life-blood." Using "life-blood" preserves the concrete sense of blood as the vital fluid whose loss brings death, reflecting the root association with cessation or stillness (דמם) and the connection between blood and life in Hebrew thought. |
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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root דמם (stillness, cessation, blood, life-fluid, deathly silence)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H1818-01 |
badam | in the lifeblood |
H1818-03 |
bedam | in blood |
H1818-04 |
bedamayikhe | in your bloods |
Word Usage (361 occurrences of H1818)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 4:10 | דְּמֵ֣י | demey | of your bloods |
| Genesis 4:11 | דְּמֵ֥י | demey | blood |
| Genesis 9:4 | דָמ֖/וֹ | damo | its blood |