Leviticus 15:10:14Lev.15.10.W14TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vehtameh
“and be unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ta-MEH
- Extended
- veh-ta-MEH
- IPA
- /vətaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and be 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
veh-ta-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
- clause
veh-ha-no-SEH oh-TAM ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAW veh-ra-KHATS bah-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-KOL-ha-no-GEH-ah beh-KOL a-SHER yih-YEH takh-TAW yit-MA ad-ha-A-rev veh-ha-no-SEH oh-TAM ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAW veh-ra-KHATS bah-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The concluding vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə-ṭāmēʾ} with ad-ha-arev reinstates the temporal limit. The parallel verb forms and vav conjunctions highlight both the cause of impurity and the cleansing requirements.
Root and etymology
RootTet-Mem-Alef
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:10
And anyone who touches anything under him shall be unclean until evening; and anyone who carries them shall wash his garments and bathe in water and shall be unclean until evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 15:10, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֥א (vehtameh) 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.15.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.10.W14.S1) and character.