Leviticus 15:27:3Lev.15.27.W3TAB
יִטְמָ֑א
yitma
“be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be 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-MA
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-no-GE-a BAM yit-MA
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-no-GE-a BAM yit-MA ve-KHI-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The imperfect yitma {יִטְמָ֑א | yiṭmāʾ} indicates the resultant status of impurity upon contact.
Root and etymology
RootTet-Mem-Aleph
“be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:27
Anyone who touches them will become unclean ; he must wash his garments and bathe in water, and he will remain unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:27, 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.15.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.27.W3.S1) and character.