Vengeance of blood/ blood feud/ avenger of blood (גְּאֻלַּת דָּם (גּוֹאֵל דָּם))
Vengeance of blood/ blood feud/ avenger of blood (גְּאֻלַּת דָּם (גּוֹאֵל דָּם))

Vengeance of blood/ blood feud/ avenger of blood

vengeance of blood. Killing the murderer.

("And if a man hate his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally, that he die... then they shall deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die" - Deuteronomy 19:11)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גְּאֻלַּת דָּם (גּוֹאֵל דָּם)

Definition (Hebrew)

נִקְמַת דָּם. הֲרִיגַת הָרוֹצֵחַ.

("וְכִי יִהְיֶה אִישׁ שֹׂנֵא לְרֵעֵהוּ וְאָרַב לוֹ וְקָם עָלָיו וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ וָמֵת... וְנָתְנוּ אֹתוֹ בְּיַד גֹּאֵל הַדָּם וָמֵת"- דְּבָרִים יט יָא)

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