Leviticus 22:3:12Lev.22.3.W12TAB
וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ
vehtoomahtoh
“and his uncleanness”
- Transliteration
- veh-TOOM-ah-TOH
- Extended
- veh-TOOM-ah-TOH
- IPA
- /vətumʔaˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his uncleanness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-TOOM-ah-TOH
- clause
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV
- sentence
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV veh-nikh-re-TAH ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mil-le-fa-NAI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The circumstantial clause vetumato alav {וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ עָלָיו | wə-tum-ʾā-tô ʿā-lā-vô} ‘while his uncleanness is upon him’ sets the condition for the penalty.
Root and etymology
tet-mem-alephtet-mem-aleph
“uncleanness”
In context — Leviticus 22:3
Say to them, “For your generations every man who draws near from among any of your offspring to the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD , while his uncleanness is upon him — that soul shall be cut off from before Me . I am the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 22:3, so the Hebrew word וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ (vehtoomahtoh) 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.22.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.3.W12.S1) and character.