Ezekiel 14:11:6Ezek.14.11.W6TAB
וְלֹֽא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ
veloyittammeu
“and not they may defile themselves”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u
- Extended
- veh-loh-yit-tahm-MEH-oo
- IPA
- /vəloː.jit.tˁamˈmeː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not they may defile themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD
- clause
le-MA-an lo-yit-E-u OD BEIT-yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RAI ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD be-khol-pish-e-HEM
- sentence
le-MA-an lo-yit-E-u OD BEIT-yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RAI ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD be-khol-pish-e-HEM ve-ha-YU LI le-AM va-a-NI e-he-YE la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} and repeated ʿod {עוֹד | ʿōḏ} ‘again’ form a strong prohibition against future apostasy.
The Qal imperfect yitʿu {יִתְעוּ | yit-ʿū} ‘they go astray’ contrasts with the Piel imperfect yitammeʾu {יִטַּמְּאוּ | yit-tam-mə-ʾū} ‘they defile themselves’, highlighting both spiritual wandering and moral pollution.
Root and etymology
Roottet-mem-aleph
“become impure”
In context — Ezekiel 14:11
So that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor defile themselves again with all their transgressions ; and they will be My people, and I will be their God —declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 14:11, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ (veloyittammeu) 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 Ezek.14.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.11.W6.S1) and character.