מֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵ֥י

   MEI

   the water of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מֵ֥י נִדָּ֛ה

   MEI nid-DA

   the water of impurity
3. clause🔊 כִּי֩ אֶת־מִקְדַּ֨שׁ יְהוָ֜ה טִמֵּ֗א מֵ֥י נִדָּ֛ה לֹא־זֹרַ֥ק עָלָ֖יו טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃

   KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU

   because the sanctuary of the LORD has defiled the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him unclean he is
4. sentence🔊 וְאִ֤ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִטְמָא֙ וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַקָּהָ֑ל כִּי֩ אֶת־מִקְדַּ֨שׁ יְהוָ֜ה טִמֵּ֗א מֵ֥י נִדָּ֛ה לֹא־זֹרַ֥ק עָלָ֖יו טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃

   ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA ve-LO yit-khat-TA ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mit-TOkh ha-ka-HAL KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU

   And a man who becomes unclean and does not purify himself then shall be cut off the person that one from the midst of the assembly because the sanctuary of the LORD has defiled the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him unclean he is

Exegesis

The absence of lozorak {לֹא־זֹרַק | lōʾ-zō-raq} ‘was not sprinkled’ with mey niddah {מֵי נִדָּה | mēy niddâh} ‘the cleansing water’ underscores ritual failure.

Root and etymology

t-m-m🔊 ת־מ־מTav-Mem-Mem

“complete, blameless”

• 🔊 תָּמִיםtamîmblamelessGenesis 6:9