Leviticus 13:27:8Lev.13.27.W8TAB
וְטִמֵּ֤א
vehtimmeh
“and shall declare him unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-tim-MEH
- Extended
- veh-tim-MEH
- IPA
- /və.tim.ˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall declare him 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
veh-tim-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN o-TO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HI
- sentence
ve-ra-A-hu ha-ko-HEN bay-YOM hash-she-vi-I im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN o-TO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HI
Exegesis
The apodosis begins with vetimme {וְטִמֵּ֤א | və-ṯim-mê} ‘and he will declare unclean,’ a Piel perfect denoting formal pronouncement.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:27
And the priest will examine him on the seventh day, and if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest will declare him unclean; it is a mark of leprosy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:27, so the Hebrew word וְטִמֵּ֤א (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.13.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.27.W8.S1) and character.