Numbers 19:22:3Num.19.22.W3TAB
הַטָּמֵ֖א
hatame
“the unclean”
- Transliteration
- ha-ta-ME
- Extended
- hah-ta-MEH
- IPA
- /hat.taˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-yi-GA-BO ha-ta-ME
- clause
ve-KOL a-SHER-yi-GA-BO ha-ta-ME yit-MA
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER-yi-GA-BO ha-ta-ME yit-MA ve-ha-NE-fesh ha-no-GA-at tit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Root and etymology
t-m-ʾtet-mem-aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Numbers 19:22
And everything that the unclean person touches shall become unclean, and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 19:22, so the Hebrew word הַטָּמֵ֖א (hatame) 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.19.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.22.W3.S1) and character.