Leviticus 18:24:1Lev.18.24.W1TAB
אַל־תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ
altitammeoo
“do not make yourselves unclean”
- Transliteration
- al-ti-tam-me-OO
- Extended
- ahl-tee-tahm-meh-OO
- IPA
- /ʔal.ti.tːam.məˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not make yourselves unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ti-tam-me-OO
- clause
al-ti-tam-me-OO be-khol-EH-leh
- sentence
al-ti-tam-me-OO be-khol-EH-leh KI be-khol-EH-leh nit-me-OO ha-go-YIM a-sher-a-NI me-shal-LEH-akh mi-pe-NE-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative particle al {אַל | ʾal} ‘do not’, which negates the intensive Piel verb tittam’u {תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ | tiṭṭamʾû} ‘defile yourselves’, establishing a prohibitive command.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־אtaw-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 18:24
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these the nations that I am driving out from before you have defiled themselves.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:24, so the Hebrew word אַל־תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ (altitammeoo) 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.18.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.24.W1.S1) and character.