טָמֵ֖א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 טָמֵ֖א

   ta-ME

   unclean
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹֽא־יָבֹ֥א טָמֵ֖א

   ve-LO-ya-VO ta-ME

   and not should enter or come unclean
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־יָבֹ֥א טָמֵ֖א לְכָל־דָּבָֽר׃

   ve-LO-ya-VO ta-ME le-KHOL-da-VAR

   and not should enter or come unclean for any matter or thing
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙ הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יָבֹ֥א טָמֵ֖א לְכָל־דָּבָֽר׃

   va-ya-a-MED ha-sho-a-RIM al-sha-a-RE BET ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-ya-VO ta-ME le-KHOL-da-VAR

   and he stationed or set the gatekeepers over or at the gates of house of the LORD and not should enter or come unclean for any matter or thing

Exegesis

The prohibition clause wə-lō-yā-ḇō ṭāmeʾ {וְלֹֽא־יָבֹ֥א טָמֵ֖א | wə-lō-yā-ḇō ṭā-meʾ} combines conjunction, negative particle, and imperfect verb with ‘unclean’ to form a prohibitive construction.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ט־מ־אtet–mem–aleph

“to be unclean”

• 🔊 טֻמְאָהtum’ahimpurityLeviticus 5:3