Haggai 2:13:4Hag.2.13.W4TAB
טְמֵא־נֶ֛פֶשׁ
temenefesh
“unclean of a person or corpse”
- Transliteration
- te-me-NE-fesh
- Extended
- teh-mee-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /təməː.ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean of a person or corpse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
te-me-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
im-yig-GA te-me-NE-fesh
- clause
va-yo-MER kha-GAI im-yig-GA te-me-NE-fesh be-khol-E-le ha-yit-MA
- sentence
va-yo-MER kha-GAI im-yig-GA te-me-NE-fesh be-khol-E-le ha-yit-MA va-ya-a-NU ha-ko-ha-NIM va-yo-me-RU yit-MA
Exegesis
The conditional particle ʾim {אִם־ | ʾim} sets a hypothetical situation, and the imperfect yiggāʿ {יִגַּ֧ע | yiggāʿ} describes potential contact, with ṭāmēʾ-nepeš {טְמֵא־נֶ֛פֶשׁ | ṭāmēʾ-nepeš} functioning as the subject: a person rendered unclean through corpse-related impurity.
Root and etymology
consonantsTet–Mem–Aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Haggai 2:13
And Haggai said, “If someone unclean by a corpse touches any of these things, will it become unclean?” And the priests answered and said, “It will become unclean.”
About this coordinate
Haggai 2:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Haggai 2:13, so the Hebrew word טְמֵא־נֶ֛פֶשׁ (temenefesh) 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 Hag.2.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hag.2.13.W4.S1) and character.