Leviticus 18:30:11Lev.18.30.W11TAB
תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ
tittahmmeoo
“become unclean”
- Transliteration
- tit-tahm-me-OO
- Extended
- tit-tahm-meh-OO
- IPA
- /tit.tam.mə.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- become unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
tit-tahm-me-OO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO
- clause
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM
- sentence
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The coordinate negative wə-lōʾ tiṭṭammēʾû {וְלֹ֥א תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ | wə-lōʾ tiṭṭammēʾû} prohibits ritual impurity by bâhēm {בָּהֶ֑ם | bâhēm}.
Root and etymology
RootTet, Mem, Aleph
“be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 18:30
And you shall keep my charge so as not to do any of the statutes of the abominations that were done before you, and you shall not become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ (tittahmmeoo) 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.18.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W11.S1) and character.