Genesis 9:5
וְ אַךְ אֶת דִּמְכֶם לְ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אֶדְרֹשׁ מִ יַּד כָּל חַיָּה אֶדְרְשֶׁנּוּ וּ מִ יַּד הָ אָדָם מִ יַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶת נֶפֶשׁ הָ אָדָם
`And only I am seeking אֶת-your blood for your breaths;337 from the hand of the whole of the living-one I am seeking him, and from the hand of the Red-one, from the hand of a man of his brother, I am seeking אֶת-breath of the Red-one;
| 337 | Plural, the blood of you all. Strong’s #1875, darash. To seek, inquire. It can mean require in the sense of seeking revenge. The riddle here is making a distinction between blood singular and blood plural. Blood can be described as something in both the singular and the plural, “And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their builders and of their built-ones, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with bloods.” Psalm 106:38 YLT. |