דָּם
dam (dām)
/dahm/
“blood, lifeblood, shed blood”
Blood, lifeblood; vehicle of creaturely life ('life of the flesh is in the blood', Leviticus 17:11) given upon altar to make atonement.
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
Primitive word.
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
bloodbloody
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: דָּם (blood, lifeblood, shed blood) -> αἷμα (blood.)
Key Biblical Occurrences (6)
Foundational passages where דָּם (dam) carries significant theological or narrative weight.