Deuteronomy 21:23:12Deut.21.23.W12TAB
תְטַמֵּא֙
tetame
“defile”
- Transliteration
- te-ta-ME
- Extended
- teh-tah-MEH
- IPA
- /tətaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- defile
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
te-ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO te-ta-ME
- clause
ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-ma-TE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA
- sentence
lo-ta-LIN niv-la-TO al-ha-ETS ki-ka-VOR tik-be-RE-nu ba-YOM ha-HU ki-kil-LAT e-lo-HIM ta-LUI ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-ma-TE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA
Exegesis
The coordination velo tetame{וְלֹ֤א תְטַמֵּא֙ | wə-lō tə-tam-mēʾ} ‘and you shall not defile’ applies to admatcha{אֶת־אַדְמָ֣תְךָ | ʾet-ʾad-mā-tə-kā} ‘your land’.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:23
You shall not leave his corpse overnight upon the tree, but you must surely bury him that same day, for the one who is hanged is cursed by God; and you shall not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 21:23, so the Hebrew word תְטַמֵּא֙ (tetame) 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.21.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.23.W12.S1) and character.