Leviticus 21:11:9Lev.21.11.W9TAB
יִטַּמָּֽא׃
yihtama
“become unclean”
- Transliteration
- yih-ta-MA
- Extended
- yih-tah-MAA
- IPA
- /ji.tːam.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- become unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yih-ta-MA
- phraseyour reading level
LO yih-ta-MA
- clause
le-a-VIV oo-le-im-MO LO yih-ta-MA
- sentence
ve-AL kol-naf-SHOT MET LO ya-VO le-a-VIV oo-le-im-MO LO yih-ta-MA
Exegesis
The imperfect form lo yavo {לֹ֣א יָבֹא | lōʾ yā-ḇōʾ} ‘he shall not come’ and the parallel lo yittama {לֹ֥א יִטַּמָּֽא | lōʾ yit-ta-māʾ} ‘he shall not become unclean’ create a balanced negative parallelism that intensifies the prohibition.
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 21:11
He shall not enter where any dead is, nor shall he become unclean for his father or his mother.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 21:11, so the Hebrew word יִטַּמָּֽא׃ (yihtama) 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.21.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.11.W9.S1) and character.