Leviticus 17:15:12Lev.17.15.W12TAB

וְטָמֵ֥א

vehtameh

“be unclean”

Transliteration: veh-ta-MEH
Extended: veh-ta-MEH
IPA: /və.taˈmeː/

Meaning by language

English: be unclean

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + טָ + מֵ֥א

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veh + ta + meh

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vehtameh

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
veh-ta-MEH
phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev
clause
veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER
sentence
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER

Root and etymology

“unclean; defiled”

In context — Leviticus 17:15

And any person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts , whether among the native-born or among the sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 17:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 17:15, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֥א (vehtameh) 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.17.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.15.W12.S1) and character.

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