Ezekiel 23:17:6Ezek.23.17.W6TAB
וַיְטַמְּא֥וּ
vayetammeu
“and they defiled”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-tam-ME-u
- Extended
- vah-yeh-tahm-MEH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jəṭamˈmɛ.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they defiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
va-ye-tam-ME-u
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-tam-ME-u o-TA
- clause
va-ya-VO-u e-LE-ha ve-NE-va-VEL le-mish-KAV do-DIM va-ye-tam-ME-u o-TA be-taz-nu-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u e-LE-ha ve-NE-va-VEL le-mish-KAV do-DIM va-ye-tam-ME-u o-TA be-taz-nu-TAM va-tit-me-A-VAM va-TE-ka naf-SHA me-HEM
Exegesis
Vaytamme’u {וַיְטַמְּא֥וּ | way-yaṭ-am-mə-ʾû} ‘and they defiled’ takes otah {אוֹתָהּ | ʾō-ṯāh} ‘her’ as object with betaznutam {בְּתַזְנוּתָם | bə-ta-zə-nu-ṯām} ‘with their whoredom’ as instrument.
Root and etymology
Rootṭ-m-ʾ
“to become unclean, defile”
In context — Ezekiel 23:17
And the sons of Babylon came to her to the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom , and she was defiled by them; and her soul became disgusted with them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 23:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְטַמְּא֥וּ (vayetammeu) 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.23.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.17.W6.S1) and character.