Leviticus 13:20:10Lev.13.20.W10TAB
וְטִמְּא֧וֹ
vehtimmeoh
“declared it unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-tim-me-OH
- Extended
- veh-tim-meh-OH
- IPA
- /wətim.meˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- declared it 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
veh-tim-me-OH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN NE-ga-tsa-RA-at HI ba-she-KHIN pa-ra-KHA
- sentence
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH mar-e-HA sha-FAL min-ha-OR oo-seh-a-RAH ha-FAKH la-VAN veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN NE-ga-tsa-RA-at HI ba-she-KHIN pa-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The legal verdict clause vĕtimmeʾō ha-kōhēn {וְטִמְּא֧וֹ הַכֹּהֵן | və-timme-ʾō ha-kō-hēn} “and the priest shall pronounce him unclean” concludes the inspection.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:20
And the priest shall examine, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white; then the priest shall declare him unclean. It is a plague of leprosy —it has broken out in the boil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 13:20, so the Hebrew word וְטִמְּא֧וֹ (vehtimmeoh) 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.13.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.20.W10.S1) and character.