Leviticus 19:31:5Lev.19.31.W5PAT

לְטָמְאָ֣ה

lehtahmehah

to become unclean

Transliteration
leh-tah-meh-AH
Extended
leh-tah-meh-AA
IPA
/lə.tɔm.ʔaː/

Meaning by language

English
to become unclean
French
pour devenir impur
Spanish
para volverse impuros
Portuguese
para tornar-se impuro
German
um unrein zu werden
Russian
чтобы оскверниться
Arabic-Simplified
لكي تتنجسوا
Hindi
अशुद्ध होने के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为了变得不洁
Korean
부정하게 되려고
Indonesian
untuk menjadi najis
Bengali
অশুচি হতে
Tagalog
upang maging marumi
Swahili
ili kuwa najisi
Amharic
ለመርከስ
Yoruba
lati di alaimọ́
Igbo
ka unu bụrụ ndị na-adịghị ọcha
Twi
sɛ moyɛ fi
Ewe
be du blibo

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Result
לְ + טָ + מְ + אָ֣ה
leh + tah + meh + ah
lehtahmehah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-tah-meh-AH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    leh-tah-meh-AH vah-HEM

  3. clause

    al-tihf-NU ehl-hah-o-VOT veh-ehl-ha-yid-de-o-NIM al-te-vak-SHU leh-tah-meh-AH vah-HEM

  4. sentence

    al-tihf-NU ehl-hah-o-VOT veh-ehl-ha-yid-de-o-NIM al-te-vak-SHU leh-tah-meh-AH vah-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM

In contextLeviticus 19:31

Do not turn to the mediums and to the necromancers do not seek to become unclean by them I LORD your God

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:31, so the Hebrew word לְטָמְאָ֣ה (lehtahmehah) 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 Lev.19.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.31.W5.S1) and character.