Leviticus 23:12:6Lev.23.12.W6TAB
תָּמִ֧ים
tahmim
“without blemish”
- Transliteration
- tah-MIM
- Extended
- tah-MIHM
- IPA
- /taˈmim/
Meaning by language
- English
- without blemish
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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The word
Word in context
- word
tah-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO
- clause
KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO le-oh-LA la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-a-see-TEM be-YOM ha-neef-KHEM et-ha-O-mer KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO le-oh-LA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A string of modifiers—keves {כֶּ֣בֶשׂ | keḇeś} ‘lamb’, tamim {תָּמִ֧ים | tā-mîm} ‘unblemished’, and benshenato {בֶּן־שְׁנָת֛וֹ | ben-šenāṯō} ‘son of its year’—forms a precise noun phrase emphasizing purity and age.
Root and etymology
Roottav–mem–mem
“complete, whole”
In context — Leviticus 23:12
On the day of your waving the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish, a year old, for a burnt offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 23:12, so the Hebrew word תָּמִ֧ים (tahmim) 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.23.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.12.W6.S1) and character.