Numbers 19:20:15Num.19.20.W15TAB
נִדָּ֛ה
nidda
“impurity”
- Transliteration
- nid-DA
- Extended
- nid-DAH
- IPA
- /nidˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- impurity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nid-DA
- phraseyour reading level
MEI nid-DA
- clause
KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU
- sentence
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
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
n-d-dnun–dalet–dalet
“impurity, separation”
In context — Numbers 19:20
And any man who becomes unclean and does not purify himself shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD ; the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 19:20, so the Hebrew word נִדָּ֛ה (nidda) 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.19.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.20.W15.S1) and character.