To punish the murderer/ to fix the responsibility for murder on
She wanted revenge for killing him. She wanted to punish the last person to kill.
("But your blood for your souls will I require; at the hand of every living creature will I require it; and at the hand of man, at the hand of his brother will I require the life of man" - Genesis 9:5)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דָּרַשׁ אֶת דָּמוֹ מִיָּד...
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּקֵּשׁ לִנְקֹם עַל הֲרִיגָתוֹ. רָצָה לְהַעֲנִישׁ אֶת הָאַחְרַאי לָרֶצַח.
("וְאַךְ אֶת דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אֶדְרֹשׁ מִיַּד כָּל חַיָּה אֶדְרְשֶׁנּוּ וּמִיַּד הָאָדָם מִיַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶת נֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם"- בְּרֵאשִׁית ט ה)