Numbers 19:21:12Num.19.21.W12TAB
יִטְמָ֖א
yitma
“shall be unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yit-MAH
- IPA
- /jitˈmaʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-MA
- clause
u-maz-ZEH mei-ha-ni-DAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ha-no-GEA be-MEI ha-ni-DAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM u-maz-ZEH mei-ha-ni-DAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ha-no-GEA be-MEI ha-ni-DAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The imperfects yekhabbēś {יְכַבֵּ֣ס | yekhabbēś} and yiṭmåʾ {יִטְמָ֖א | yiṭmåʾ} express obligation and resultant impurity.
Root and etymology
“unclean, polluted”
In context — Numbers 19:21
And it shall be for them a statute forever, and the one who sprinkles the water of impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of impurity will be unclean until evening .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 19:21, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָ֖א (yitma) 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.19.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.21.W12.S1) and character.