What Does Deuteronomy 12:23 Mean?

properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although

“Only be sure”

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra

properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n

“and thou mayest not eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“for the blood”

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) bloodshe

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for the blood”

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) bloodshe

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“is the life”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and thou mayest not eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“is the life”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

“with the flesh”

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man