Leviticus 15:5:9Lev.15.5.W9TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vetame
“be unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-ME
- Extended
- veh-tah-MEH
- IPA
- /və.ta.ˈmeː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- clause
ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-mish-KA-vo ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The result clause vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə-ṭā-mēʾ} ‘and he shall be unclean’ uses a Qal perfect predicate of state.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“ritually unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:5
And a man who touches his bed shall wash his clothes , and bathe in water , and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:5, 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.15.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.5.W9.S1) and character.