אֲשֶׁר־יִטְמָא֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁר־יִטְמָא֙

   a-SHER-yit-MA

   who becomes unclean
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאִ֤ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִטְמָא֙

   ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA

   And a man who becomes unclean
3. clause🔊 וְאִ֤ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִטְמָא֙ וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַקָּהָ֑ל

   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

   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
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 verse opens with the conditional protasis ve'ish {וְאִישׁ | və-ʾîš} ‘and a man’ plus asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ă-šer} ‘who,’ establishing the requirement.

The Qal imperfect yit-ma' {יִטְמָא֙ | yit-māʾ} ‘becomes unclean’ and Hithpael imperfect yit-hat-ta' {יִתְחַטָּא | yit-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾ} ‘purifies himself’ express the hypothetical action.

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🔊 ט־מ־א

“to be unclean”

• 🔊 טֻמְאָהtumʾāhimpurityLeviticus 5:3