Leviticus 15:16:8Lev.15.16.W8TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vehtame
“be unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ta-ME
- Extended
- veh-ta-MEH
- IPA
- /vətaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-ME
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- clause
veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-EESH kee-teh-TSE mih-me-NU shikh-vat-ZA-ra veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The final clause vetame adhaarev {וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב | wə-ṭā-mēʾ ʿad hā-ʿā-reḇ} ‘and he shall be unclean until the evening’ uses the perfect to indicate a resultant state. This linear verb-phrase progression underlines the cause-and-effect of emission, purification, and impurity.
Root and etymology
RootTet, Mem, Aleph
“be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:16
And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall wash all his flesh in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:16, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֥א (vehtame) 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.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.16.W8.S1) and character.