Leviticus 13:36:11Lev.13.36.W11TAB
טָמֵ֥א
tahme
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- tah-ME
- Extended
- tah-MEH
- IPA
- /taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
tah-ME
- phraseyour reading level
tah-ME HOO
- clause
loh-yeh-vak-KER hah-ko-HEN lah-seh-AR hah-tsa-HOV tah-ME HOO
- sentence
veh-rah-A-hoo hah-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH pah-SA hah-NE-tek bah-OR loh-yeh-vak-KER hah-ko-HEN lah-seh-AR hah-tsa-HOV tah-ME HOO
Exegesis
The final nominal clause tame’ hû’ {טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא | tā-mē’ hû’} ‘he is unclean’ declares the status. The sequence pairs observation, condition, procedural variation, and status pronouncement.
Root and etymology
Roottet-mem-aleph
“to become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:36
The priest shall examine him, and if, behold, the patch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not inspect the yellow hair; he is unclean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:36:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 13:36, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֥א (tahme) 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.13.36.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.36.W11.S1) and character.