לֹא־תָשִׂים דָּמִים
Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no ; often used with other particles · to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) · 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)
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לֹא H3808 not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no ; often used with other particles
שׂוּם H7760 to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
דָּם H1818 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)
What does לֹא־תָשִׂים דָּמִים (lo-tasim damim) mean in the Bible?
לֹא · שׂוּם · דָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no ; often used with other particles". not (the simple or abs.
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