Leviticus 15:21:7Lev.15.21.W7TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vehtameh
“be unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ta-MEH
- 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-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
- clause
yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
- sentence
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH beh-mish-KAH-VAH yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The resultant state vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə-ṭāmēʾ} ‘and he will be unclean’ uses the perfect to denote a lasting condition, and the temporal adhaarev {עַד־הָעָרֶב | ʿad-hā-ʿāreḇ} ‘until evening’ specifies duration. In English the participial rule becomes a generic “Anyone who” clause, preserving the ritual sequence and priestly temporal framing.
Root and etymology
ט-מ-א
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:21
And anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:21, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֥א (vehtameh) 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.15.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.21.W7.S1) and character.