Leviticus 15:3:11Lev.15.3.W11TAB
טֻמְאָת֖וֹ
tumato
“his uncleanness”
- Transliteration
- tum-a-TO
- Extended
- tum-ah-TOH
- IPA
- /tum.ʔa.ˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his uncleanness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tum-a-TO
- clause
RAAR beh-sa-ROH et-ZOH-VOH oh-hekh-TEEM beh-sa-ROH miz-ZOH-VOH tum-a-TO HEE
- sentence
ve-ZOT tih-YEH tum-a-TO beh-ZOH-VOH RAAR beh-sa-ROH et-ZOH-VOH oh-hekh-TEEM beh-sa-ROH miz-ZOH-VOH tum-a-TO HEE
Exegesis
The construct phrase tum’ato bezovo {טֻמְאָת֖וֹ בְּזוֹב֑וֹ | ṯum-ʾā-tô bə-zō-vô} specifies the basis of ritual status.
The final tum’ato hi {טֻמְאָת֖וֹ הִֽוא׃ | ṯum-ʾā-tô hîʾ} ‘his impurity it is’ serves as an emphatic copula, underscoring that any discharge, whether flowing or stopped, renders the person impure. The translation preserves the Hebrew parallelism (“whether… or…”) and the emphatic conclusion.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“ritually unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:3
Now this will be his impurity in his discharge: whether his discharge flows from his flesh or is blocked in his flesh, it will be an impurity.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 15:3, so the Hebrew word טֻמְאָת֖וֹ (tumato) 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.15.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.3.W11.S1) and character.