Leviticus 16:19:9Lev.16.19.W9TAB
מִטֻּמְאֹ֖ת
mittoomot
“from the impurities”
- Transliteration
- mit-TOOM-OT
- Extended
- mit-TOOM-OHT
- IPA
- /mit.tum.ˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the impurities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-TOOM-OT
- clause
ve-ti-ha-RO ve-kid-SHO mit-TOOM-OT be-NEE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-hiz-ZAH a-LAV min-ha-DAM be-ets-ba-O SHE-va pe-a-MEEM ve-ti-ha-RO ve-kid-SHO mit-TOOM-OT be-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct phrase mitumot benei yisrael {מִטֻּמְאֹ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | mit-tum-ʾōt bə-nei yis-ra-ʾel} ‘from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel’ grammatically binds communal defilement to the people, underscoring substitutionary atonement theology. The English follows Hebrew word order to preserve ritual logic and emphasis.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“uncleanness”
In context — Leviticus 16:19
And he shall sprinkle on it from the blood with his finger seven times, and he shall purify it and consecrate it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 16:19, so the Hebrew word מִטֻּמְאֹ֖ת (mittoomot) 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.16.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.19.W9.S1) and character.