Judges 13:4:8Judg.13.4.W8TAB
כָּל־טָמֵֽא׃
koltame
“anything unclean”
- Transliteration
- kol-ta-ME
- Extended
- kohl-taa-MEE
- IPA
- /kɔl.tˤaːˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- anything unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
kol-ta-ME
- clause
ve-al-TO-khe-le kol-ta-ME
- sentence
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-TO-khe-le kol-ta-ME
Exegesis
The prohibitions are structured by the particle we-al {וְאַל־ | wə-ʾal} plus two Qal imperfect verbs tishti {תִּשְׁתִּ֖י | tištî} ‘you shall not drink’ and tokheli {תֹּאכְלִ֖י | tōḵəlî} ‘you shall not eat’, creating parallel hendiads yayin ve-shekar {יַיִן וְשֵׁכָר | yayīn wə-šēḵār} for intoxicating beverages and kol tame {כָּל־טָמֵא | kol-ṭāmēʾ} denoting everything ritually impure. This coordination reinforces the Nazirite purity injunction with tightly knit prohibitive syntax.
Root and etymology
Roott-m-ʾ
“unclean, impure”
In context — Judges 13:4
Now therefore, please take care, you must not drink wine or strong drink, and you must not eat anything unclean.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:4, so the Hebrew word כָּל־טָמֵֽא׃ (koltame) 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.13.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.4.W8.S1) and character.