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Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Genesis 9:4
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ דָמ֖וֹ לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

  1. אַךְ־'akh-“nevertheless”
    Adverb · from אַךְ · “surely” · Strong's H0389
  2. בָּשָׂ֕רba.Sar“flesh”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from בָּשָׂר · “flesh” · Strong's H1320
  3. בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹbe.naf.Sho“with life its”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נֶ֫פֶשׁ · “life” · Strong's H5315H
  4. דָמ֖וֹda.Mo“blood its”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from דָּם · “blood” · Strong's H1818
  5. לֹ֥אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  6. תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃to.Khe.lu“you must eat”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אָכַל · “to eat” · Strong's H0398
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)