Ezekiel 18:11:11Ezek.18.11.W11TAB
טִמֵּֽא׃
time
“he defiled”
- Transliteration
- ti-ME
- Extended
- tih-MEH
- IPA
- /tˤimˈmɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he defiled
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
ti-ME
- clause
KI GAM el-he-ha-RIM a-KHAL ve-et-E-shet re-E-HU ti-ME
- sentence
ve-HU et-KAL-E-le LO a-SA KI GAM el-he-ha-RIM a-KHAL ve-et-E-shet re-E-HU ti-ME
Exegesis
The phrase el-heharim {אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ | ʾel-hă-hā-rîm} ‘on the mountains’ indicates illicit cultic feasting, and the clause ve-et-eshet reehu timme {וְאֶת־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ טִמֵּֽא | wə-ʾet-ʾē-šeṯ rē-ʿē-hû tim-mēʾ} ‘and he defiled his neighbor’s wife’ uses the emphatic Piel to underscore the severity of adultery.
Root and etymology
“to defile”
In context — Ezekiel 18:11
Though he himself did none of all these things, yet he ate upon the mountains and defiled his neighbor’s wife.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 18:11, so the Hebrew word טִמֵּֽא׃ (time) 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.18.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.11.W11.S1) and character.