Leviticus 22:8:5Lev.22.8.W5TAB
לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ
lehtahmeahvah
“to become unclean by it”
- Transliteration
- leh-tah-me-ah-VAH
- Extended
- leh-tah-me-ah-VAAH
- IPA
- /lə.taː.mə.ʔaː.ˈvaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to become unclean by it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-tah-me-ah-VAH
- clause
ne-ve-LAH oo-treh-FA LO yo-a-KHAL leh-tah-me-ah-VAH
- sentence
ne-ve-LAH oo-treh-FA LO yo-a-KHAL leh-tah-me-ah-VAH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive construct ləṭāme’āh {לְטָמְאָה | lə-ṭā-me-ʾāh} combined with the suffix -bāh {בָּהּ | bāh} forms the resultive prepositional phrase ləṭāme’āh-bāh {לְטָמְאָה־בָּהּ | lə-ṭā-me-ʾāh-bāh} ‘to become unclean by it’, indicating the prohibited outcome.
Root and etymology
Rootṭ-m-ʾ
“to be unclean”
In context — Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat a carcass or a torn animal, so as not to become unclean by it. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 22:8, so the Hebrew word לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ (lehtahmeahvah) 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.22.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.8.W5.S1) and character.