Leviticus 15:10:6Lev.15.10.W6TAB
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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Word in context
- word
yit-MA
- clause
veh-KOL-ha-no-GEH-ah beh-KOL a-SHER yih-YEH takh-TAW yit-MA 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 imperfect yitma {יִטְמָא | yit·tāʾ} “become unclean” denotes ritual impurity lasting until ad-ha-arev {עַד־הָעָרֶב | ʿad-hā-ʿā-rev}.
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 15:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:10, 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.15.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.10.W6.S1) and character.