Numbers 19:22:4Num.19.22.W4TAB
יִטְמָ֑א
yitma
“shall become unclean”
- Transliteration
- yit-MA
- Extended
- yeet-MAH
- IPA
- /jitˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall become 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
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
Exegesis
In clause one, the relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} and the Qal imperfect yiga {יִגַּע | yiggāʿ} introduce the condition under which impurity follows, and the Qal imperfect yitma {יִטְמָא | yit-tāmāʾ} states the resultant state.
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 19:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:22, so the Hebrew word יִטְמָ֑א (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.19.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.22.W4.S1) and character.