Leviticus 13:8:7Lev.13.8.W7TAB
וְטִמְּא֥וֹ
vehtimmeoh
“declared him unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-tim-me-OH
- Extended
- veh-tim-meh-OH
- IPA
- /və.tim.meˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- declared him unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-tim-me-OH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN TSA-ra-at HI
- sentence
veh-rah-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH pahs-TA ham-mis-PA-khat ba-OR veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN TSA-ra-at HI
Exegesis
Vetimme’o {וְטִמְּא֥וֹ | wəṭimmə’ô} in Piel perfect denotes the priest’s authoritative declaration of impurity.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʼtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 13:8
And the priest will see, and behold, the rash has spread in the skin; he shall pronounce him unclean—it is a defiling skin disease.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 13:8, so the Hebrew word וְטִמְּא֥וֹ (vehtimmeoh) 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.13.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.8.W7.S1) and character.