Leviticus 22:6:12Lev.22.6.W12TAB
בַּמָּֽיִם׃
bammayim
“in water”
- Transliteration
- bam-ma-YIM
- Extended
- bahm-mah-YIM
- IPA
- /bam.ma.ˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bam-ma-YIM
- clause
veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM
- sentence
NE-fesh a-SHER tig-ga-BO veh-tah-meh-AH ad-ha-AH-rev veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM
Exegesis
The subordinating conjunction kiimrahats {כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ | kî·ʾim·ra·ḥaṭs} ‘for unless he has washed’ introduces the requirement, completed by the perfect verb and the phrases besaro {בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | be·ṣār·ô} ‘in his flesh’ and bamayim {בַּמָּֽיִם׃ | ba·mā·yim} ‘in the water’. Hebrew’s use of relative, vav-consecutive, temporal, and conditional constructions informs the English translation’s clause order and conjunction choices.
In context — Leviticus 22:6
Any person who touches it shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the holy things unless he has washed his flesh in water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 22:6, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּֽיִם׃ (bammayim) 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.22.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.6.W12.S1) and character.