Judges 13:14:10Judg.13.14.W10TAB
וְכָל־טֻמְאָ֖ה
vekholtumea
“and any uncleanness”
- Transliteration
- ve-khol-tu-me-A
- Extended
- veh-khohl-tuh-meh-AH
- IPA
- /vəχɔl.tumˈʔɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and any uncleanness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-khol-tu-me-A
- clause
mi-KOL a-SHER-ye-TSE mi-GE-fen ha-ya-YIN LO to-KHAL ve-ya-YIN ve-she-KHAR al-TE-shte ve-khol-tu-me-A al-to-KHAL
- sentence
mi-KOL a-SHER-ye-TSE mi-GE-fen ha-ya-YIN LO to-KHAL ve-ya-YIN ve-she-KHAR al-TE-shte ve-khol-tu-me-A al-to-KHAL KOL a-SHER-tsi-vi-TI-ha tish-MOR
Exegesis
The summary clause employs ve-kol-tumah {וְכָל־טֻמְאָה | wə-kōl-tū-māh} ‘and any unclean thing,’ followed by the relative clause asher-tsivitihah {אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתִ֖יהָ | ’ašer-ṣiv-vī-tî-hā} in the perfect and tishmor {תִּשְׁמֹֽר | tīš-môr} in the imperfect to emphasize a sustained obligation.
Root and etymology
Roott-m-ʾ
“unclean, impure”
In context — Judges 13:14
She shall not eat anything that comes from the vine , and she shall not drink wine or strong drink, and she shall not eat any unclean thing. Everything that I have commanded her, she shall observe.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 13:14, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־טֻמְאָ֖ה (vekholtumea) 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 Judg.13.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.14.W10.S1) and character.