Numbers 35:8:11Num.35.8.W11TAB
תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ
tamitu
“you shall take less”
- Transliteration
- tam-IT-u
- Extended
- tam-EE-too
- IPA
- /tamˈʕiːtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall take less
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tam-IT-u
- clause
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU me-a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ET ha-RAV tar-BU u-me-ET ham-AT tam-IT-u
- sentence
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU me-a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ET ha-RAV tar-BU u-me-ET ham-AT tam-IT-u ISH ke-FI na-cha-la-TO a-SHER yin-cha-LU yit-TEN me-a-ra-VAV lal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
A pair of imperatives, tarbu {תַּרְבּוּ | tar-bû} “you shall increase” and tamitu {תַּמְעִיטוּ | tam-‘i-ṭû} “you shall diminish,” frames the principle of proportional allocation.
In context — Numbers 35:8
And the cities you give shall come from the possession of the sons of Israel . From a tribe with many cities you shall give more, and from a tribe with few cities you shall give fewer; each man shall give from his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance .
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 35:8, so the Hebrew word תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ (tamitu) 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.35.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.8.W11.S1) and character.