Deuteronomy 12:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Only 
 
7534: thin, only, altogether, surelyfrom an unused word
be sureחֲזַ֗ק
(cha·zak)
2388: to be or grow firm or strong, strengthena prim. root
not to eatאֲכֹ֣ל
(a·chol)
398: to eata prim. root
the blood,הַדָּ֔ם
(had·dam,)
1818: blooda prim. root
for the bloodהַדָּ֖ם
(had·dam)
1818: blooda prim. root
is the life,הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ
(han·na·fesh;)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
and you shall not eatתֹאכַ֥ל
(to·chal)
398: to eata prim. root
the lifeהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ
(han·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
with the flesh.הַבָּשָֽׂר׃
(hab·ba·sar.)
1320: fleshfrom basar


















KJV Lexicon
Only be sure
chazaq  (khaw-zak')
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
that thou eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
not the blood
dam  (dawm)
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) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
for the blood
dam  (dawm)
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) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
is the life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
and thou mayest not eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
the life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
with the flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

King James Bible
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But don't eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

International Standard Version
Only be sure to refrain from eating blood, because blood is the source of life and you must not consume blood with the meat.

NET Bible
However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself--you must not eat the life with the meat!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
However, be sure you never eat blood, because blood contains life. Never eat the life with the meat.

King James 2000 Bible
Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
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