Jeremiah 19:13:9Jer.19.13.W9TAB
הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים
hattemeim
“the unclean ones”
- Transliteration
- hat-te-me-IM
- Extended
- haht-teh-meh-EEM
- IPA
- /hat.təmeːˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the unclean ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hat-te-me-IM
- clause
ve-ha-YU ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-va-TE mal-KHE ye-hu-DA kim-KOM ha-TO-fet hat-te-me-IM
- sentence
ve-ha-YU ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-va-TE mal-KHE ye-hu-DA kim-KOM ha-TO-fet hat-te-me-IM le-KHOL hab-ba-TIM a-SHER kit-te-RU al-GAG-go-TE-hem le-KHOL tse-VA hash-sha-MA-yim ve-has-SEKH ne-sa-KHIM le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The comparative clause kim-qom ha-tofet hattə-mē-ʾîm {כִּמְק֥וֹם הַתֹּ֖פֶת הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים | ki-m-qōm ha-tō-p̄eṯ hat-tə-mē-ʾîm} heightens the image of ritual pollution.
In context — Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah — all the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to the host of the heavens, and poured out drink offerings to other gods — will be defiled like the place of Topheth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 19:13, so the Hebrew word הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים (hattemeim) 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 Jer.19.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.13.W9.S1) and character.