Leviticus 22:5:6Lev.22.5.W6TAB
יִטְמָא־ל֑וֹ
yitmalo
“defiles him”
- Transliteration
- yit-ma-LO
- Extended
- yit-ma-LOH
- IPA
- /jit.ma.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- defiles him
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
yit-ma-LO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yit-ma-LO
- clause
O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO
- sentence
O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO
Exegesis
The result clause, marked by yitma-lo {יִטְמָא־לוֹ | yiṭ-maʾ-lō} ‘becomes unclean for him’, specifies personal defilement.
Root and etymology
tet-mem-alephtet-mem-aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 22:5
Or a man who touches any crawling creature that imparts uncleanness to him, or one who comes into contact with a person who becomes unclean through any of his uncleanness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 22:5, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָא־ל֑וֹ (yitmalo) 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.22.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.5.W6.S1) and character.