Leviticus 13:15:5Lev.13.15.W5TAB
וְטִמְּא֑וֹ
vetimmeoh
“declare unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-tim-me-OH
- Extended
- veh-tim-MEH-OH
- IPA
- /və.tim.məˈʔoː/
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-OH
- clause
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ve-tim-me-OH
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ve-tim-me-OH ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ta-ME HU tsa-RA-at HU
Exegesis
The Piel perfect ve-timmeo {וְטִמְּא֑וֹ | wə-ṭim-me-ʼō} ‘and he will declare him unclean’ with a third-person suffix conveys an authoritative ritual pronouncement.
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“to be ritually unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:15
And the priest will examine the living flesh, and he will declare it unclean. The living flesh is unclean; it is leprosy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:15, so the Hebrew word וְטִמְּא֑וֹ (vetimmeoh) 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.13.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.15.W5.S1) and character.