Numbers 19:20:18Num.19.20.W18TAB
טָמֵ֥א
tame
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- ta-ME
- Extended
- ta-MEH
- IPA
- /taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ME HU
- 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 conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the clause et-miqdash YHWH {אֶת־מִקְדַּשׁ יְהוָה | ʾet-miḳ-dāš Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the sanctuary of the LORD,’ detailed by the Piel perfect ṭim-mēʾ {טִמֵּא | ṭim-mēʾ} ‘he has defiled.’
The concluding predicate ṭame' hu' {טָמֵא הוּא | ṭā-mēʾ hûʾ} ‘he is unclean’ restates the outcome, illustrating Hebrew legal syntax that binds condition, consequence, and theological rationale.
Root and etymology
ṭet–mem–aleph
“to be unclean”
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 19:20:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Numbers 19:20, so the Hebrew word טָמֵ֥א (tame) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.20.W18.S1) and character.