Leviticus 13:11:6Lev.13.11.W6TAB
וְטִמְּא֖וֹ
vetimmeo
“declare unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-tim-ME-O
- Extended
- veh-tim-MEH-OH
- IPA
- /vətimˈmeʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- declare unclean
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tim-ME-O
- clause
tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN LO yas-gi-REN-noo KI ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The consecutive vav in we-timme'o {וְטִמְּא֖וֹ | wə-tim-me-ʾô} links to the judicial pronouncement and employs the Piel imperfect with suffix to convey priestly action.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:11
It is a chronic skin disease in the skin of his flesh, so the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He must not isolate him, because he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:11, so the Hebrew word וְטִמְּא֖וֹ (vetimmeo) 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 Lev.13.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.11.W6.S1) and character.