Ezekiel 23:7:10Ezek.23.7.W10TAB
נִטְמָֽאָה׃
nitmea
“she made herself unclean or she was defiled”
- Transliteration
- nit-me-A
- Extended
- niht-meh-AA
- IPA
- /niṭ.məˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she made herself unclean or she was 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nit-me-A
- clause
u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-gva be-khal-gil-lu-LE-hem nit-me-A
- sentence
va-tit-TEN taz-nu-TE-ha a-le-HEM miv-KHAR be-NE-a-SHUR ku-LAM u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-gva be-khal-gil-lu-LE-hem nit-me-A
Exegesis
Finally, the phrase bechol-giluleihem nitma’ah {בְּכָל־גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם נִטְמָֽאָה | bə-ḵōl-gil-lu-lei-hem nit-ma-ʾāh} ‘with all their idols she became defiled’ links idolatrous objects to the resultant passive defilement. Maintaining the sequence of act, objects, and consequence mirrors the Hebrew rhetorical flow and emphasizes the connection between lust, idolatry, and impurity.
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʾtet–mem–aleph
“to become unclean”
In context — Ezekiel 23:7
And she gave her harlotries upon them—the choicest sons of Assyria, all of them—and with all for whom she lusted, with all their idols she became defiled.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 23:7, so the Hebrew word נִטְמָֽאָה׃ (nitmea) 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.23.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.7.W10.S1) and character.