Leviticus 14:45:12Lev.14.45.W12TAB
טָמֵֽא׃
tameh
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-MEH
- 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-MEH
- clause
ve-ho-TSI el-mi-KHUTS la-EER el-ma-KOM ta-MEH
- sentence
ve-na-TATS eht-ha-BA-yit et-a-va-NAV ve-et-EH-TSAV ve-EET kol-a-FAHR ha-BA-yit ve-ho-TSI el-mi-KHUTS la-EER el-ma-KOM ta-MEH
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect ve-hotsi {וְהוֹצִיא֙ | wə-hō-ṣîʾ} ‘and he shall bring out’ then frames removal via el michuts la-ir {אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֔יר | ʾel mi-ḥûṣ lā-ʿîr} ‘to outside the city’ and a second el marking the destination el makom tame {אֶל־מָק֖וֹם טָמֵֽא | ʾel mā-qôm ṭā-meʾ} ‘to an unclean place’. The repetition of et and cumulative listing create asyndetic emphasis on the completeness of the demolition, while the paired prepositional phrases stress ritual exclusion beyond the community boundary.
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“be unclean, impure”
In context — Leviticus 14:45
He shall tear down the house—its stones, its timbers, and all the plaster of the house—and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:45:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 14:45, so the Hebrew word טָמֵֽא׃ (tameh) 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.14.45.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.45.W12.S1) and character.