Leviticus 20:21:6Lev.20.21.W6TAB
נִדָּ֣ה
niddah
“impurity”
- Transliteration
- nid-DAH
- Extended
- nid-DAAH
- IPA
- /nidˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- impurity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nid-DAH
- phraseyour reading level
nid-DAH HEE
- clause
veh-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-E-shet a-KHI-v nid-DAH HEE
- sentence
veh-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-E-shet a-KHI-v nid-DAH HEE er-VAT a-KHI-v gil-LAH a-ri-RIM yih-YU
Exegesis
The predicate niddah hi {נִדָּ֣ה הִ֑וא | niddâh hî} assigns legal status “it is impurity.”
Root and etymology
n-d-dnun-dalet-dalet
“to scatter; to drive away”
In context — Leviticus 20:21
And if a man takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity ; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness . They will be childless.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 20:21, so the Hebrew word נִדָּ֣ה (niddah) 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.20.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.21.W6.S1) and character.