2 Kings 23:8:52 Kgs.23.8.W5TAB
וַיְטַמֵּ֣א
vayetamme
“and he defiled”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-tam-ME
- Extended
- vah-yeh-tahm-MEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəṭamˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he defiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-tam-ME
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT
- clause
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA
- sentence
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA ve-na-TSATS et-ba-MOT ha-she-a-RIM a-SHER-PE-taKH SHA-ar ye-ho-SHU-a sar-ha-IR a-SHER-al-se-MOL ISH be-SHA-ar ha-IR
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect vaytame {וַיְטַמֵּא | va-ye-tä-meʼ} “and he defiled” targets et-habamot {אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת | ʾet-hab-bā-mōṯ} “the high places,” specified by the relative clause kitteru-shammah {קִטְּרוּ־שָׁמָּה | kit-tə-rū-šammā} “where they burned incense.”
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʾṭet–mem–aleph
“to make unclean”
In context — 2 Kings 23:8
And he brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places where they had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and he broke down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city commander, which were on the left of the city gate.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 23:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְטַמֵּ֣א (vayetamme) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.23.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.8.W5.S1) and character.