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שֹׁפֵךְ֙ דַּ֣ם הָֽאָדָ֔ם בָּֽאָדָ֖ם דָּמֹ֣ו יִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְ כִּ֚י בְּצֶ֣לֶם אֱלֹהִ֔ים עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הָאָדָֽם׃ (Genesis 9:6) Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man. Genesis 9:6 stands as one of the most profound declarations in the Torah. Its concise grammar establishes both a principle of justice and a theological rationale rooted in the doctrine of the image of God. The verse blends participial construction, word order, and parallelism to craft a statement that is at once legal, poetic, and theological.… Learn Hebrew