Leviticus 13:15:8Lev.13.15.W8TAB
טָמֵ֥א
tame
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-ME
- Extended
- tah-MEH
- IPA
- /taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ME HU
- clause
ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ta-ME HU tsa-RA-at HU
- 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
Repetition of ha-basar ha-chai frames the object before stating tamei {טָמֵא | ṭā-mēʼ} ‘unclean’, which hu {ה֖וּא | hūʼ} then reinforces.
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 13:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:15, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֥א (tame) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.15.W8.S1) and character.