Ezekiel 23:17:9Ezek.23.17.W9TAB
וַתִּ֨טְמָא־בָ֔ם
vatitmeavam
“and she was defiled in them”
- Transliteration
- va-tit-me-A-VAM
- Extended
- vah-tihteh-MAA-vahm
- IPA
- /vat.tiṭˈmɔː.ʕaːˈvɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she was defiled in them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tit-me-A-VAM
- clause
va-tit-me-A-VAM va-TE-ka naf-SHA me-HEM
- 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
Vatitma-vam {וַתִּטְמָא־בָם | wat-tiṭ-mā-ḇām} ‘and she was defiled by them’ reinforces her passive role.
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 23:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 23:17, so the Hebrew word וַתִּ֨טְמָא־בָ֔ם (vatitmeavam) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.17.W9.S1) and character.