Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 15:23 Interlinear

the blood Only thou shalt not eat it upon the ground thereof thou shalt pour as water

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1רַ֥קH7535properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3דָּמ֖וֹH1818the bloodblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
4לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5תֹאכֵ֑לH398Only thou shalt not eatto eat (literally or figuratively)
6עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7הָאָ֥רֶץH776it upon the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּH8210thereof thou shalt pourto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
9כַּמָּֽיִם׃H4325as waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 15:22it within thy gates Thou shalt eat the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike as the roebuck...
Deuteronomy 15:23 (current) the blood Only thou shalt not eat it upon the ground thereof thou shalt pour as water

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