Leviticus 20:25:18Lev.20.25.W18TAB
לְטַמֵּֽא׃
letamme
“to make unclean”
- Transliteration
- le-tam-ME
- Extended
- leh-tam-MEH
- IPA
- /lətaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-tam-ME
- clause
ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-he-MAA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME
- sentence
veh-hiv-dal-TEM BEIN-ha-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA lat-te-me-AH u-BEIN-ha-OF hat-ta-ME lat-ta-HOR ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-he-MAA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME
Root and etymology
t-m-’tet-mem-aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 20:25
And you shall separate between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. And you shall not make your souls detestable by any animal or by any bird or by anything that crawls on the ground, those which I have set apart for you for uncleanness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:25:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 20:25, so the Hebrew word לְטַמֵּֽא׃ (letamme) 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.20.25.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.25.W18.S1) and character.