Numbers 19:11:5Num.19.11.W5TAB
וְטָמֵ֖א
vetame
“will be unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-ME
- Extended
- veh-taa-MEH
- IPA
- /vɛtaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-ME
- clause
ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ha-no-GE-a be-MET le-KHOL-NE-fesh a-DAM ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə·ṭāmēʾ} ‘and he shall be unclean’ introduces the result clause, where the Qal perfect with vav-consecutive expresses a future-predictive legal effect.
Root and etymology
“unclean, polluted”
In context — Numbers 19:11
Whoever touches a corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:11, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֖א (vetame) 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 Num.19.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.11.W5.S1) and character.