Hebrew semantic word

דָּם

Transliteration: dam

4 lexical sense(s); 360 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

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Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: blood

= red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and animals; ► used in rituals such as sacrifices, purification and covenant ceremonies, and never to be eaten; ≈ regarded as the seat of life; human blood, when flowing from the body, pollutes the body and the land

Semantic domains for this sense

No resolved semantic-domain membership in this source snapshot.

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001669-01
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 202 (202 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 2: blood > wine

= red liquid, ◄ compared to blood because of its color

Semantic domains for this sense

Liquids Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001669-02
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 3: blood > person

literally: blood; hence: = living human being, ◄ defined by the blood flowing through their veins

Semantic domains for this sense

People Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001669-03
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 4: blood > bloodshed

= causative action by which humans kill other humans in a violent way, usually involving the shedding of blood, which brings guilt upon the people committing these acts

Semantic domains for this sense

Dead Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001669-04
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 154 (154 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

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Related words and biblical concepts

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Advanced record identity

Lemma ID: SDBC-HEB-LEMMA-001669
Page model version: 1.0
Direction: rtl
Domain policy: Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union