Leviticus 20:14:13Lev.20.14.W13TAB
זִמָּ֖ה
zimmah
“depravity”
- Transliteration
- zim-MAH
- Extended
- zim-MAAH
- IPA
- /zimˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- depravity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
zim-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH
- clause
bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
Exegesis
The noun zimmah {זִמָּ֣ה | zim-mah} is fronted and linked by hi {הִ֑וא | hîʾ}, forming a verbless predicate.
The purpose clause velo-tihyeh zimmah betokhekhem {וְלֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה זִמָּ֖ה בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם | wə-lō-ti-hyēh zim-mah bə-too-ḵe-ḵem} employs the imperfect with a negative particle to articulate the intended communal purity outcome.
Root and etymology
ז־מ־מ
“to plot evil”
In context — Leviticus 20:14
And a man who takes a woman and her mother commits depravity ; with fire they shall burn him and them, so that such depravity will not be among you .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 20:14, so the Hebrew word זִמָּ֖ה (zimmah) 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.20.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.14.W13.S1) and character.