Zechariah 13:2:17Zech.13.2.W17TAB
הַטֻּמְאָ֖ה
hatumea
“the uncleanness”
- Transliteration
- ha-tu-me-A
- Extended
- hah-tuh-meh-AH
- IPA
- /haṭ.ṭumˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the uncleanness
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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-tu-me-A
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-RU-akh ha-tu-me-A
- clause
ve-GAM et-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-et-RU-akh ha-tu-me-A a-a-viR min-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ne-UM ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-khe-RIT et-she-MOT ha-a-tsa-BIM min-ha-A-rets ve-LO yiz-za-KHRU OD ve-GAM et-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-et-RU-akh ha-tu-me-A a-a-viR min-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The Hiphil verbs akhrit {אַכְרִ֞ית | ʾak-rît} ‘I will cut off’ and aavir {אַעֲבִ֥יר | ʾa-ʿă-bîr} ‘I will remove’ exert causative force on shemot haatsabim {שְׁמוֹת הָֽעֲצַבִּים | šə-mōt hā-ʿa-ṣab-bîm} and ruach hatumah {רוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָ֖ה | rūaḥ ha-ṭum-ʾāh}, respectively.
Root and etymology
consonantstet–mem–aleph
“uncleanness”
In context — Zechariah 13:2
And it shall come to pass on that day, declares the LORD of hosts , that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Zechariah 13:2, so the Hebrew word הַטֻּמְאָ֖ה (hatumea) 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 Zech.13.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.2.W17.S1) and character.