Leviticus 15:4:10Lev.15.4.W10TAB
יִטְמָֽא׃
yitma
“shall be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall 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
veh-kol-ha-KLEE a-SHER-yeh-SHEV a-LAV yit-MA
- sentence
kol-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER yish-KAV a-LAV ha-ZAV yit-MA veh-kol-ha-KLEE a-SHER-yeh-SHEV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The verb yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭ-māʾ} in the imperfect conveys a resulting state of impurity upon contact. Maqqef links kol-ha-mishkav and ve-kol-ha-keli into single lexical units, ensuring defilement applies equally to “bed” and “vessel.” English uses “become unclean” or “considered impure” to signal the ritual-status change of the Hebrew imperfect.
Root and etymology
Rootṭ-m-ʾ
“to become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:4
Every bed on which the man with a discharge lies shall become unclean , and every object on which he sits shall become unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 15:4, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָֽא׃ (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.15.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.4.W10.S1) and character.