Leviticus 13:30:12Lev.13.30.W12TAB
וְטִמֵּ֨א
vetimeh
“made unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ti-MEH
- Extended
- veh-ti-MEH
- IPA
- /və.tim.ˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- made 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-ti-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-tek HU tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH O ha-za-KAN HU
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga ve-hin-NEH mar-EH-hu a-MOK min-ha-OR u-VO seh-AR tsa-HOV DAK ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-tek HU tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH O ha-za-KAN HU
Exegesis
The verdict follows under ve-timme oto {וְטִמֵּא אֹתוֹ | wə-ṭimmē(h) ’ō-tô(w)} “and he will pronounce him unclean.”
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:30
And the priest will look at the sore, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it is thin yellow hair. The priest will pronounce the person unclean; it is a patch ; it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 13:30, so the Hebrew word וְטִמֵּ֨א (vetimeh) 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.13.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.30.W12.S1) and character.