Numbers 19:15:8Num.19.15.W8TAB
טָמֵ֖א
tame
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-ME
- Extended
- tah-MEH
- IPA
- /taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ta-ME
- clause
ta-ME HU
- sentence
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The clause concludes with the nominal statement tame hu {טָמֵא | ṭā-meʼ} ‘it is unclean’. The formal translation closely mirrors this structure, while the dynamic translation renders key terms in accessible vocabulary.
Root and etymology
Rootṭ-m-ʼ
“be/become unclean”
In context — Numbers 19:15
And every open vessel which has no covering fastened upon it is unclean .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 19:15, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֖א (tame) 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.19.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.15.W8.S1) and character.