Leviticus 13:14:6Lev.13.14.W6TAB
יִטְמָֽא׃
yitma
“become unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jit.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- become unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
yit-MA
- sentence
oo-veh-YOM he-rah-OT BO ba-SAR KHAI yit-MA
Exegesis
The verb yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭ-māʾ} ‘he shall be unclean’ in the Qal imperfect indicates the immediate legal consequence of impurity. Syntactically, the verse forms a temporal–result clause, adhering to a protasis–apodosis pattern common in Levitical laws. The initial placement of the temporal phrase emphasizes the conditional nature of the statute, while the combination of a construct noun and adjective underscores the severity of an active lesion. In translation, preserving the initial temporal position and translating the verb at the end aligns with the source text’s cause-and-effect flow.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:14
But on the day that living flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:14, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָֽא׃ (yitma) 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.13.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.14.W6.S1) and character.