Leviticus 18:27:8Lev.18.27.W8TAB
וַתִּטְמָ֖א
vatitma
“became unclean”
- Transliteration
- va-tit-MA
- Extended
- vah-teet-MAA
- IPA
- /vatitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
va-tit-MA
- clause
va-tit-MA ha-A-rets
- sentence
KI et-KOL-ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL a-SU an-SHEI-ha-A-rets a-SHER lif-NEI-khem va-tit-MA ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The sequential vav in wă-titmāʾ {וַתִּטְמָא | wă-titmāʾ}, with a Qal imperfect, signals a resultant state: ‘and the land became defiled,’ with feminine singular agreement to hāʾāreṣ {הָאָרֶץ | hāʾ-ā-reṣ} ‘the land.’ This syntax underlines covenant theology: human abomination directly yields land impurity, emphasizing ritual purity as communal responsibility.
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 18:27
For all these abominations , the people of the land who were before you did them, and the land has become defiled .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:27, so the Hebrew word וַתִּטְמָ֖א (vatitma) 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.18.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.27.W8.S1) and character.