BLOOD in the PLURAL — and in Hebrew the plural of blood specifically means blood that has been SHED, and the guilt owed for it. Singular dam is the substance; damim is bloodshed. ⚠ Psalm 51:16 asks to be rescued from damim, and if the psalm's superscription is right about its occasion the word is doing precise work: Uriah. The versions render it 'bloodguiltiness' (KJV), which is exactly right. → first discussed at Psalms 51:16