Leviticus 13:44:3Lev.13.44.W3TAB
טָמֵ֣א
tame
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-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
ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ME HU
- clause
eesh-tsa-RU-a HU ta-ME HU
- sentence
eesh-tsa-RU-a HU ta-ME HU ta-ME ye-tam-me-EN-noo ha-ko-HEN be-ro-SHO ni-GO
Exegesis
The predicate tame hu {טָמֵא הוּא | ṭāmēʼ hūʼ} ‘unclean he’ affirms the condition.
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be unclean, impure”
In context — Leviticus 13:44
He is a leprous man , he is unclean; the priest shall pronounce him unclean because the sore is on his head.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:44, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֣א (tame) 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.13.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.44.W3.S1) and character.