וְטָמֵ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְטָמֵ֥א

   ve-ta-ME

   and became unclean
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

   ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev

   and became unclean until the evening
3. clause🔊 וְכִבֶּ֧ בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

   ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev

   and washed his clothes and bathed in the water and became unclean until the evening
4. sentence🔊 וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִגַּע־בּוֹ֙ הַזָּ֔ב וְיָדָ֖יו לֹא־שָׁטַ֣ף בַּמָּ֑יִם וְכִבֶּ֧ בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

   ve-KHOL a-SHER yih-ga-BO ha-ZAV ve-ya-DAV loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev

   and anyone who the one with the discharge touches him did not rinse and his hands in the water and washed his clothes and bathed in the water and became unclean until the evening

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive chain wə-qib-bes {וְכִבֶּ֧ס | wə-qib-bes}, wə-rāḥaṣ {וְרָחַ֥ץ | wə-rāḥaṣ}, and wə-ṭāmēʾ {וְטָמֵ֥א | wə-ṭāmēʾ} marks sequential actions and resultant state.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ט־מ־אt-m-ʾ

“to be unclean”

• 🔊 טֻמְאָהtum’āhimpurityLeviticus 5:3