Leviticus 14:46:6Lev.14.46.W6TAB
יִטְמָ֖א
yitma
“be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jit.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
yit-MA ad-ha-AA-rev
- sentence
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO yit-MA ad-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The imperfect yiṭmā {יִטְמָ֖א | yiṭmā} conveys a resultant state ‘becomes unclean’.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־א
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 14:46
And anyone who enters the house during all the days that he isolates it shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:46:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 14:46, 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.14.46.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.46.W6.S1) and character.