Numbers 19:2:14Num.19.2.W14TAB
תְּמִימָ֗ה
temimah
“without defect”
- Transliteration
- te-mi-MAH
- Extended
- teh-mee-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʔăd̪umˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- without defect
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-mi-MAH
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL
- sentence
ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL
Exegesis
The description of the heifer pārah ’ăḏummâh təmîmâh {פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה | pārâh ’ăḏummâh təmîmâh} ‘heifer, red, perfect’ is followed by two asher-clauses specifying sacrificial purity: ’asher-’ên-bāh-mūm {אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם | ’asher-’ên-bāh-mūm} ‘in which there is no blemish’ and ’asher-lô-’ālâh-’āleyhā-’ôl {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל | ’asher-lô-’ālâh-’āleyhā-’ôl} ‘upon which no yoke has come’, emphasizing non-servitude. English renders preserve the Hebrew sequence and legal imperative tone while clarifying clause functions.
Root and etymology
t-m-mTav-Mem-Mem
“complete, blameless”
In context — Numbers 19:2
This is the statute of the instruction which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they may take for you a red heifer , perfect, in which there is no blemish and upon which no yoke has ever come.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 19:2, so the Hebrew word תְּמִימָ֗ה (temimah) 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.19.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.2.W14.S1) and character.