Leviticus 15:20:6Lev.15.20.W6TAB
יִטְמָ֑א
yitma
“will be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be unclean
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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 a-SHER tish-KAV a-LAV be-NID-dah-TAH yit-MA
- sentence
veh-KOL a-SHER tish-KAV a-LAV be-NID-dah-TAH yit-MA veh-KOL a-SHER-te-SHEV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The phrase beniddatah {בְּנִדָּתָהּ | bə-niddā-tāh} specifically marks the menstrual period as a time of ritual separation, and the repeated verb yitma {יִטְמָ֑א | yiṭ-mā} forms the result clause “becomes unclean.” Hebrew’s condition-then-result ordering and the deliberate parallelism reinforce the legal principle that contact with objects during impurity transmits uncleanness. The balanced structure underscores both actions equally.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:20
And everything upon which she lies during her menstrual impurity becomes unclean , and everything upon which she sits also becomes unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:20, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָ֑א (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.15.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.20.W6.S1) and character.