Leviticus 15:24:9Lev.15.24.W9TAB
וְטָמֵ֖א
vetame
“and unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-ME
- Extended
- veh-tah-MEH
- IPA
- /və.ta.ˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-ME
- clause
ve-IM sha-KHOV yish-KAV EESH o-TAH oo-te-HI nid-DA-TAH a-LAV ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MEEM
- sentence
ve-IM sha-KHOV yish-KAV EESH o-TAH oo-te-HI nid-DA-TAH a-LAV ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MEEM ve-KHOL-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-yish-KAV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The vav consecutive vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə-ṭā-mēʾ} ‘and he shall be unclean’ delivers the legal verdict, followed by the temporal phrase shiv'at yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šiv-ʿāṯ yā-mîm} ‘seven days’.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“ritually unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:24
And if a man lies with her, and her menstrual impurity becomes upon him, then he shall be unclean for seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:24, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֖א (vetame) 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.15.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.24.W9.S1) and character.