Leviticus 18:28:4Lev.18.28.W4TAB
בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם
behtamaakhem
“in your defilement”
- Transliteration
- beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM
- Extended
- beh-tah-ma-ah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /bə.ta.ma.ʔaˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your defilement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM
- clause
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH
- sentence
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH ka-a-SHER ka-A et-ha-GOY a-SHER lif-NE-khem
Exegesis
The infinitive betamaachem {בְּטַמַּאֲכֶם | bə-tammaʾă-chem} defines the state of ritual impurity prompting the warning.
Root and etymology
Roott-m-ʾ
“to become unclean, defile”
In context — Leviticus 18:28
Lest the land vomit you out in your defiling , just as it vomited out the nation before you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:28, so the Hebrew word בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם (behtamaakhem) 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.18.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.28.W4.S1) and character.