Ezekiel 20:26:1Ezek.20.26.W1TAB
וָאֲטַמְּאֵ֤א
vaatamme
“and I defiled”
- Transliteration
- va-a-tam-ME
- Extended
- vaa-ah-tahm-MEE
- IPA
- /vaʔaṭ.amːeˈʔɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I defiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-tam-ME
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM
- clause
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham
- sentence
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham le-MA-an a-shim-MEM le-MA-an a-SHER ye-de-U a-SHER a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with vaattame {וָאַטַּמֵּא | vā-ʾat-ta-mēʾ} ‘and I defiled,’ a Piʿel wayyiqtol with vav consecutive marking direct divine action.
Root and etymology
“to defile”
In context — Ezekiel 20:26
And I defiled them through their gifts when they caused to pass every opener of the womb, so that I might devastate them, and in order that they might know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:26, so the Hebrew word וָאֲטַמְּאֵ֤א (vaatamme) 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.20.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.26.W1.S1) and character.