Leviticus 13:40:3Lev.13.40.W3TAB
יִמָּרֵ֖ט
yimmaret
“falls off”
- Transliteration
- yim-ma-RET
- Extended
- yih-mah-REHT
- IPA
- /jim.maˈreːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- falls off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yim-ma-RET
- phraseyour reading level
KI yim-ma-RET
- clause
ve-ISH KI yim-ma-RET ro-SHO
- sentence
ve-ISH KI yim-ma-RET ro-SHO ke-RE-akh HU ta-HOR HU
Exegesis
The verb yimmāreṭ {יִמָּרֵ֖ט | yimmāreṭ} in the Niphal imperfect conveys a resultant state of hair loss rather than volitional action.
Root and etymology
מ־ר־טmem-resh-tet
“to be bald, become bare”
In context — Leviticus 13:40
When a man’s head is made bare , he is clean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:40, so the Hebrew word יִמָּרֵ֖ט (yimmaret) 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.13.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.40.W3.S1) and character.