Psalm 19:13:7Ps.19.13.W7TABWLC Psalms 19:14

אֵיתָ֑ם

etam

“I shall be blameless or complete”

Transliteration: E-tam
Extended: EE-tahm
IPA: /ˈʔeː.tɑːm/

Meaning by language

English: I shall be blameless or complete

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Result

אֵי + תָ֑ם

↓

e + tam

↓

etam

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

word
E-tam
phraseyour reading level
al-yim-she-LU-bi AZ E-tam
clause
GAM mi-ZE-dim kha-SOKH av-DE-kha al-yim-she-LU-bi AZ E-tam
sentence
GAM mi-ZE-dim kha-SOKH av-DE-kha al-yim-she-LU-bi AZ E-tam ve-ni-KE-ti mi-PE-sha RAV

Exegesis

The adverb az {אָז | ʾaz} ‘then’ introduces the result clause where etam {אֵיתָם | ʾē-tām} ‘I shall be blameless’ and ve-niqqeti {וְנִקֵּיתִי | və-niq-qē-ṯî} ‘and I shall be innocent’ affirm moral purity.

Root and etymology

t-m-mt-m-m

“to be complete, blameless”

In context — Psalm 19:13

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; do not let them rule over me. Then I shall be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

About this coordinate

Psalm 19:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Psalm 19:13, so the Hebrew word אֵיתָ֑ם (etam) 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 Ps.19.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.13.W7.S1) and character.

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