Deuteronomy 15:22:3Deut.15.22.W3TAB
הַטָּמֵ֤א
hatame
“the unclean”
- Transliteration
- ha-ta-ME
- Extended
- hah-ta-MEH
- IPA
- /hatːaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ta-ME ve-ha-ta-HOR
- clause
ha-ta-ME ve-ha-ta-HOR yakh-DAW ka-tsvi ve-ka-ai-YAL
- sentence
bish-a-RE-kha to-akh-a-LE-nu ha-ta-ME ve-ha-ta-HOR yakh-DAW ka-tsvi ve-ka-ai-YAL
Exegesis
The coordinated adjectives hattameh {הַטָּמֵא | ha-ṭā-meh} and vehatahor {וְהַטָּהוֹר | wə-ḥă-ṭā-hôr} include both ritual states of purity.
Root and etymology
“to be unclean”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:22
In your gates , you shall eat it; the unclean and the clean, together , as the gazelle and as the deer.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 15:22, so the Hebrew word הַטָּמֵ֤א (hatame) 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.15.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.22.W3.S1) and character.