Deuteronomy 21:23:12Deut.21.23.W12PAT

תְטַמֵּא֙

tetame

defile

Transliteration
te-ta-ME
Extended
teh-tah-MEH
IPA
/tətaˈmeː/

Meaning by language

English
defile
French
souiller
Spanish
contaminar
Portuguese
contaminar
German
verunreinigen
Russian
осквернить
Arabic-Simplified
يُنجِّس
Hindi
अपवित्र करना
Chinese-Simplified
玷污
Korean
더럽히다
Indonesian
menajiskan
Bengali
অপবিত্র করা
Tagalog
dungisan
Swahili
najisi
Amharic
ርኩስ ማድረግ
Yoruba
ba
Igbo
emerụ
Twi
gu fĩ
Ewe
gblẽ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
תְ + טַ + מֵּא֙
te + ta + me
tetame

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    te-ta-ME

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO te-ta-ME

  3. clause

    ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-MAT-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA

  4. sentence

    loh-ta-LIN niv-la-TO al-ha-ETS ki-ka-VOR tik-be-RE-nu ba-YOM ha-HU ki-kil-LAT e-lo-HIM ta-LUI ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-MAT-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA

In contextDeuteronomy 21:23

shall not remain overnight his corpse on the tree certainly bury him on the day that because of the curse of God hanged and not defile your land which LORD your God giving to you inheritance

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 21:23, so the Hebrew word תְטַמֵּא֙ (tetame) 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 Deut.21.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.23.W12.S1) and character.