Leviticus 17:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Thereforeעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
I saidאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙
(a·mar·ti)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to the sonsלִבְנֵ֣י
(liv·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
(yis·ra·'el,)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
'Noכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
personנֶ֥פֶשׁ
(ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
amongמִכֶּ֖ם
(mik·kem)
4480: froma prim. preposition
you may eatתֹ֣אכַל
(to·chal)
398: to eata prim. root
blood,דָּ֑ם
(dam;)
1818: blooda prim. root
norלֹא־
(lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
may any alienוְהַגֵּ֛ר
(ve·hag·ger)
1616: a sojournerfrom gur
who sojournsהַגָּ֥ר
(hag·gar)
1481a: to sojourna prim. root
amongבְּתֹוכְכֶ֖ם
(be·to·vch·chem)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
you eatיֹ֥אכַל
(yo·chal)
398: to eata prim. root
blood.'דָּֽם׃
(dam.)
1818: blooda prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Therefore I said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
No soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of you shall eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
blood
dam  (dawm)
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)
neither shall any stranger
ger  (gare)
a guest; by implication, a foreigner -- alien, sojourner, stranger.
that sojourneth
guwr  (goor)
to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
among
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
you eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
blood
dam  (dawm)
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)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.'

King James Bible
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood."

International Standard Version
This is why I've told the Israelis that no person among you is to eat blood. Even the resident alien who lives among you is not to eat blood.

NET Bible
Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why I have said to the people of Israel: Neither you nor foreigners should ever eat blood.

King James 2000 Bible
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourns among you eat blood.
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