Leviticus 15:22:9Lev.15.22.W9TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vehtameh
“and be unclean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ta-MEH
- Extended
- veh-tah-MEH
- IPA
- /wə.taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 ad-ha-A-rev
- clause
ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-khol-han-no-GEA beh-khohl-ke-LEE ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The adjective vetamei {וְטָמֵ֥א | wə-ṭā-mê} “unclean” marks a state of ritual impurity lasting ‘ad-ha-arev {עַד־הָעָֽרֶב | ‘ad-hā-‘ā-rêḇ} “until the evening.” This construction balances legal precision with temporal limitation in priestly discourse.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־א
“to be unclean, defiled”
In context — Leviticus 15:22
And anyone who touches any vessel on which she sits must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:22, 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.15.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.22.W9.S1) and character.