Leviticus 25:16:9Lev.25.16.W9TAB

תַּמְעִ֖יט

tameeet

reduce

Transliteration
ta-me-EET
Extended
tah-meh-EET
IPA
/təmˈʕiːt/

Meaning by language

English
reduce

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
תַּ + מְ + עִ֖יט
ta + me + eet
tameeet

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tett — emphatic

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ta-me-EET

  2. clause

    le-FI ROV ha-sha-NEEM tar-BEH mik-na-TO oo-le-FI me-OT ha-sha-NEEM ta-me-EET mik-na-TO

  3. sentence

    le-FI ROV ha-sha-NEEM tar-BEH mik-na-TO oo-le-FI me-OT ha-sha-NEEM ta-me-EET mik-na-TO KI mis-PAR te-vu-OT HU mo-KHER LAKH

Exegesis

The second mirrors this with me‘ot hashanim {מְעֹ֣ט הַשָּׁנִ֔ים | mə-‘ō-ṯ ha-šānîm} ‘scarcity of years’, the verb tam‘it {תַּמְעִ֖יט | ta-ma-‘îṯ} ‘you shall diminish’, and the same object.

In contextLeviticus 25:16

In accordance with the abundance of years, you shall increase his purchase , and in accordance with the scarcity of years, you shall diminish his purchase, for it is the number of harvests that he is selling to you.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 25:16, so the Hebrew word תַּמְעִ֖יט (tameeet) 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.25.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.16.W9.S1) and character.