Deuteronomy 12:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Only 
 
7534: thin, only, altogether, surelyfrom an unused word
you shall not eatתֹאכֵ֑לוּ
(to·che·lu;)
398: to eata prim. root
the blood;הַדָּ֖ם
(had·dam)
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 ye shall 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)
ye shall 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 earth
'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 the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

King James Bible
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

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

International Standard Version
Only, you must not consume the blood; instead, pour it out on the ground as you would water.

NET Bible
However, you must not eat blood--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; you shall pour it upon the earth as water.
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