Leviticus 22:21:11Lev.22.21.W11TAB
תָּמִ֤ים
tamim
“perfect”
- Transliteration
- ta-MIM
- Extended
- tah-MEEM
- IPA
- /taˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- perfect
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ta-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
ta-MIM yih-YEH
- clause
ta-MIM yih-YEH leh-rah-TSOHN kol-MUM LO yih-YEH-boh
- sentence
ve-ISH kee-yak-RIV ZE-vakh-she-la-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH leh-fal-LEH-ne-DER O lih-ne-da-VAH bab-ba-KAR O ba-TSOHN ta-MIM yih-YEH leh-rah-TSOHN kol-MUM LO yih-YEH-boh
Exegesis
The requirement tamîm yihyeh lə-rā-ṣôn {תָּמִים יִֽהְיֶה לְרָצוֹן | tā-mîm yiḥ-yê lə-rā-ṣôn} ‘it shall be perfect for acceptance’ states a deontic necessity, reinforced by the absolute prohibition kol-mūm lō yiḥ-yê-bô {כָּל־מ֖וּם לֹא יִהְיֶה־בּֽוֹ | kol-mūm lō yiḥ-yê-bô} ‘no blemish shall be in it’. This parallelism emphasizes ritual purity and divine approval. The English subordinate clauses mirror the Hebrew conditionals and purposes while preserving legal precision.
Root and etymology
t-m-mtav-mem-mem
“complete”
In context — Leviticus 22:21
And when a man brings a fellowship offering to the LORD , to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be perfect for acceptance; no blemish shall be in it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 22:21, so the Hebrew word תָּמִ֤ים (tamim) 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.22.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.21.W11.S1) and character.