Leviticus 13:22:4Lev.13.22.W4TAB
וְטִמֵּ֧א
vehtimmeh
“declares unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-tim-MEH
- Extended
- veh-tihm-MEH
- IPA
- /və.timˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- declares 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-tim-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-tim-MEH ha-koh-HEN
- clause
veh-tim-MEH ha-koh-HEN oh-TOH NE-ga HEE
- sentence
veh-im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-koh-HEN oh-TOH NE-ga HEE
Exegesis
The Piel perfect vetimme {וְטִמֵּ֧א | wə-ṯim-mēʾ} assigns authority to ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | ha-kō-hēn} to pronounce ritual status, with oto {אֹת֖וֹ | ʾō-tô} as direct object.
Root and etymology
“to make unclean, defile”
In context — Leviticus 13:22
And if it spreads in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a plague .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:22, so the Hebrew word וְטִמֵּ֧א (vehtimmeh) 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.13.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.22.W4.S1) and character.