Leviticus 13:25:16Lev.13.25.W16TAB
וְטִמֵּ֤א
vetihmeh
“and declared unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-tih-MEH
- Extended
- veh-tih-MEH
- IPA
- /və.tim.ˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and declared 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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Word in context
- word
ve-tih-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tih-MEH o-TO
- clause
ve-tih-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-ga tsa-RA-at HI
- sentence
ve-ra-AH o-TAH ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH neh-PAKH se-AR la-VAN ba-ba-HE-ret u-mar-EH-ha a-MOK min-ha-OR tsa-RA-at HI ba-mikh-WAH pa-ra-CHA ve-tih-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-ga tsa-RA-at HI
Exegesis
The Piel perfect vetimme {וְטִמֵּ֤א | wə-tim-mê’} ‘and he shall pronounce unclean’ finalizes the priestly legal determination. This sequence preserves the diagnostic and juridical structure of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:25
The priest shall examine it; if he sees that the hair in the bright spot has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy that has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:25:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 13:25, so the Hebrew word וְטִמֵּ֤א (vetihmeh) 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.13.25.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.25.W16.S1) and character.