Numbers 19:15:8Num.19.15.W8TAB

טָמֵ֖א

tame

unclean

Transliteration
ta-ME
Extended
tah-MEH
IPA
/taˈmeː/

Meaning by language

English
unclean

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Result
טָ + מֵ֖א
ta + me
tame

Alphabet Analysis

Tett — emphatic
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ta-ME

  2. clause

    ta-ME HU

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.