Deuteronomy 15:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Only 
 
7534: thin, only, altogether, surelyfrom an unused word
you shall not eatתֹאכֵ֑ל
(to·chel;)
398: to eata prim. root
its blood;דָּמֹ֖ו
(da·mov)
1818: blooda prim. root
you are to pourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ
(tish·pe·chen·nu)
8210: to pour out, poura prim. root
it out on the groundהָאָ֥רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
like water.כַּמָּֽיִם׃
(kam·ma·yim.)
4325: waters, watera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Only thou shalt 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 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)
thereof thou shalt pour
shaphak  (shaw-fak')
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out -- cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
it upon the ground
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
as water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

King James Bible
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But you must not eat its blood; pour it on the ground like water."

International Standard Version
Only you must not eat its blood. Pour it on the ground like water."

NET Bible
However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But never eat the blood. Pour it on the ground like water.

King James 2000 Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood thereof; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.
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