Dam (דם) means blood in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
blood
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Dam.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1נוזל חיוני בצבע אדום הזורם בְּגוף החי בעורקים ובורידים והניגר בעת פציעה.
שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָאָדָם בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ
- 2סלנג, בהשאלהאומץ ונחישות, נכונות לעשות פעולה נועזת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Dam is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- דָּם
- Written without vowel points
- דם
- Said
- dam
- Pattern
- קָל
- Plural
- דָּמִים
- Inflections
- ר' דָּמִים; דַּם־, ר' דְּמֵי־
- Gematria
- 44
This is how Dam is said in other languages.
- English
- blood
- Arabic
- دم
- Russian
- кровь, юшка
- French
- sang
- Spanish
- sangre
- German
- Blut
- Yiddish
- בלוט
These words mean nearly the same as Dam.
- נצח
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Dam.
The word Dam is part of these phrases and sayings.
- איש דמים
- אצלו בדם
- בדם
- ברית דמים
- בשר ודם
- גואל דם
- דם ואש ותימרות עשן
- דם המכבים
- דם התמצית
- דמו בראשו
- דם על הידים
- דם חדש
- דם חם
- דם רע
- דם כחול
- דם נקי
- דם סמיך ממים
- דם ענבים
- דם קר
- הבחין בין לדם לדם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Dam in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Dam.
What does Dam (דם) mean in Hebrew?
Dam (דם) means blood. It is said dam, with the stress on dam.
What is a synonym for Dam (דם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Dam (דם) are נצח.
What rhymes with Dam (דם)?
Words that rhyme with Dam (דם) include אדם, ים, עם, סם, עולם, and חכם.
Is Dam (דם) masculine or feminine?
The word Dam (דם) is a masculine noun, and its plural is דָּמִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry דם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.