Leviticus 15:27:8Lev.15.27.W8TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vetame
“be unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-ME
- 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
ve-ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AA-rev
- clause
ve-KHI-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AA-rev
- 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 closing clause vetame ad-haarev {וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב | wə-ṭāmēʾ ʿad-hā-‘ā-reḇ} “and he will be unclean until the evening” imposes a temporal boundary on restored purity. The parallel framing of initial and final impurity underscores the rigid ritual logic governing defilement and requalification.
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 15:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:27, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֥א (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.15.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.27.W8.S1) and character.