Ezekiel 20:43:6Ezek.20.43.W6TAB
נִטְמֵאתֶ֖ם
nitmetem
“you were defiled”
- Transliteration
- nit-me-TEM
- Extended
- niht-meh-TEHM
- IPA
- /nit.mɛːˈʔɛtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you were defiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nit-me-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nit-me-TEM
- clause
u-ze-khar-TEM-SHAM et-dar-KHE-khem ve-ET kal-a-li-LO-te-khem a-SHER nit-me-TEM BAM
- sentence
u-ze-khar-TEM-SHAM et-dar-KHE-khem ve-ET kal-a-li-LO-te-khem a-SHER nit-me-TEM BAM ve-nik-KO-to-TEM bif-NE-khem be-kal-ra-a-LO-te-khem a-SHER a-SI-tem
Exegesis
The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a causal clause nitmetem {נִטְמֵאתֶם | nit-mê-tem} ‘you became defiled’ by bam {בָּם | bām} ‘by them.’
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾ
“to be unclean”
In context — Ezekiel 20:43
And there you will remember your ways and all your deeds by which you became defiled, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils which you have done.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:43:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:43, so the Hebrew word נִטְמֵאתֶ֖ם (nitmetem) 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.20.43.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.43.W6.S1) and character.