Leviticus 13:44:6Lev.13.44.W6TAB
יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ
yetammeennoo
“make him unclean”
- Transliteration
- ye-tam-me-EN-noo
- Extended
- yeh-tahm-meh-EN-noo
- IPA
- /jə.tam.məˈʔɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- make him unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-tam-me-EN-noo
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ME ye-tam-me-EN-noo
- clause
ta-ME ye-tam-me-EN-noo ha-ko-HEN be-ro-SHO ni-GO
- 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 Hiphil imperfect yetammeennu {יְטַמְּאֶנּוּ | yəṭammēʼennū} ‘he shall pronounce him unclean’ assigns priestly agency.
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 13:44:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:44, so the Hebrew word יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ (yetammeennoo) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.44.W6.S1) and character.