Leviticus 15:2:13Lev.15.2.W13TAB
טָמֵ֥א
tame
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-ME
- Extended
- taa-MEH
- IPA
- /taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ME HU
- clause
EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
- sentence
dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The noun zovo {זוֹב֖וֹ | zovo} ‘his discharge’ transitions into the apodosis, which states the result using the adjective tamei {טָמֵא | tamei} ‘unclean’ followed by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hu} ‘he’. This structure follows the Hebrew legal pattern of protasis–apodosis, linking a physical condition to a ritual status.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“ritually unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: “Any man, when there is a discharge from his flesh, that discharge makes him unclean .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 15:2, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֥א (tame) 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.15.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.2.W13.S1) and character.