Leviticus 20:25:4Lev.20.25.W4TAB
לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה
lattemeah
“the unclean”
- Transliteration
- lat-te-me-AH
- Extended
- lat-teh-meh-AH
- IPA
- /lat.temeˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lat-te-me-AH
- clause
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
- 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 20:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:25, so the Hebrew word לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה (lattemeah) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.25.W4.S1) and character.