Numbers 19:14:10Num.19.14.W10TAB
יִטְמָ֖א
yitma
“shall be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAA
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-MA
- clause
kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verb yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭmāʾ} ‘becomes unclean’ in the imperfect conveys the legal verdict, followed by the temporal expression šibʿaṯ yāmîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šibʿaṯ yāmîm} ‘seven days’ in construct relationship. English translation breaks the parallelism into sequential conditions for readability, preserving the universal scope and temporal duration.
Root and etymology
Roottet-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Numbers 19:14
This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent, and everyone already in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:14, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָ֖א (yitma) 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.19.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W10.S1) and character.