Deuteronomy 14:10:8Deut.14.10.W8TAB
טָמֵ֥א
tame
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-ME
- Extended
- tah-MEH
- IPA
- /taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ME HU
- clause
ta-ME HU la-KHEM
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER EIN-LO se-na-PIR ve-kas-KE-set LO to-a-KHE-lu ta-ME HU la-KHEM
Exegesis
The concluding verbless clause tamei hu lachem uses the adjective tamei {טָמֵ֥א | ṭā-mêʾ} ‘unclean’ with a demonstrative pronoun hu {ה֖וּא | hūʾ} and indirect object lachem {לָכֶֽם | lā-ḵêm} to state the ritual status. English renders the relative-clause structure to preserve the exclusion criteria and maintains the separate legal pronouncement as a verbless copular clause.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾ
“to be or become unclean”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:10
Anything that does not have a fin and a scale you shall not eat ; it is unclean for you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 14:10, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֥א (tame) 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 Deut.14.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.10.W8.S1) and character.