Leviticus 15:9:6Lev.15.9.W6TAB
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
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-mer-KAV a-SHER yir-KAV a-LAV ha-ZAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The main verb yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭ-mā} in the Qal imperfect indicates that the riding saddle becomes ritually unclean. The fronting of the universal subject underscores the comprehensive nature of impurity transmission in cultic law.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־אT M ’
“to become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 15:9
And every saddle upon which the man with a discharge will ride shall become unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:9, 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.15.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.9.W6.S1) and character.