Haggai 2:13:6Hag.2.13.W6TAB
הֲיִטְמָ֑א
hayitma
“will it become unclean?”
- Transliteration
- ha-yit-MA
- Extended
- hah-yiht-MAA
- IPA
- /hăjitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will it become unclean?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-yit-MA
- 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 interrogative he plus imperfect in hayiṭmāʾ {הֲיִטְמָ֑א | hayiṭmāʾ} forms a yes-or-no inquiry about the result (transfer of impurity). The response is framed as an official ruling: wayyaʿnû ...
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 2:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Haggai 2:13, so the Hebrew word הֲיִטְמָ֑א (hayitma) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Hag.2.13.W6.S1) and character.