Numbers 19:16:13Num.19.16.W13TAB
יִטְמָ֖א
yitma
“will be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAH
- IPA
- /jitˈmaʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will 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
yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The subsequent verb yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṯ-māʾ} ‘becomes unclean’ specifies the ritual outcome, and the temporal phrase shivat yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šiḇ-ʿat yā-mîm} ‘seven days’ marks the period of impurity. The translation preserves the Hebrew legal form by reflecting the construct structures, the disjunctive coordination, and the precise temporal specification.
Root and etymology
“unclean, polluted”
In context — Numbers 19:16
And anyone who touches, on the surface of the field, one slain by the sword, or a dead body, or a bone, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 19:16, 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.19.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.16.W13.S1) and character.