Numbers 19:17:2Num.19.17.W2TAB
לַטָּמֵ֔א
latame
“for the unclean”
- Transliteration
- la-ta-ME
- Extended
- lah-ta-MEH
- IPA
- /latːaˈmeʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-ta-ME
- clause
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
Root and etymology
“unclean, polluted”
In context — Numbers 19:17
And they shall take for the unclean person from the ashes of the burned sin-offering, and they shall put living water into a vessel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 19:17, so the Hebrew word לַטָּמֵ֔א (latame) 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.19.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.17.W2.S1) and character.