Numbers 19:7:10Num.19.7.W10TAB
וְטָמֵ֥א
vetame
“but shall be unclean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-ME
- Extended
- veh-ta-MEH
- IPA
- /vətaˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but shall be unclean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ta-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-ME ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ta-ME ha-ko-HEN ad-ha-a-REV
- sentence
ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ha-ko-HEN ve-ra-KHATs be-sa-RO ba-ma-YIM ve-a-KHAR ya-VO el-ha-ma-KHA-ne ve-ta-ME ha-ko-HEN ad-ha-a-REV
Exegesis
The final clause ve-tame ha-kohen ad-ha-arev {וְטָמֵ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן עַד־הָעָֽרֶב | wə-ṭā-mēʾ ha-kōhén ʿad-hā-ʿā-rêv} “and unclean the priest until evening” underscores the enduring state of ritual impurity despite washing, with ad-ha-arev serving as a clear temporal boundary.
Root and etymology
“unclean, polluted”
In context — Numbers 19:7
And the priest shall wash his garments , and he shall bathe his flesh in water; afterward, he may come into the camp, but the priest shall remain unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:7, so the Hebrew word וְטָמֵ֥א (vetame) 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.19.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.7.W10.S1) and character.