Leviticus 13:46:5Lev.13.46.W5TAB
יִטְמָ֖א
yitma
“will be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-MA
- clause
kol-ye-MEI a-SHER ha-NE-ga BO yit-MA ta-MEI HU
- sentence
kol-ye-MEI a-SHER ha-NE-ga BO yit-MA ta-MEI HU ba-DAD ye-SHEV mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NE mo-sha-VO
Exegesis
The imperfect yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭmāʾ} conveys the legal status of uncleanness, reinforced by the adjective tame {טָמֵא | ṭāmēʾ}.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־א
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:46
All the days that the infection is in him, he shall be unclean; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:46, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָ֖א (yitma) 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.13.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.46.W5.S1) and character.