Leviticus 15:23:9Lev.15.23.W9TAB
יִטְמָ֖א
yitmaa
“become unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MAA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- become unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-MAA
- clause
yit-MAA ad-hah-A-rev
- sentence
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV HU O ahl-hah-KLI ah-SHER-HI yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV beh-nah-GEH-oh-VOH yit-MAA ad-hah-A-rev
Exegesis
The construct chain benago-o-vo {בְּנָגְעוֹ־ב֑וֹ | bə-nā-ḡaʿ-ō-ḇō} 'in his touching it' serves as the protasis' trigger, with the imperfect yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭ-māʼ} 'becomes unclean' as the apodosis denoting the resultant state.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־אtet-mem-aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:23
And if it is upon the bed or upon the object on which she is sitting, when someone touches it, he will be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:23, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָ֖א (yitmaa) 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.15.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.23.W9.S1) and character.