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H2931

H2931 — טָּמֵא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewtameadjectiveOccurrences: 88

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2931
Word:טָּמֵא
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H2930
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:88
Transliteration:tame
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:taw-may'
Meaning:1. foul in a relig. sense
KJV Renderings:defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.

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BDB3347

II. טָמֵא adjective unclean; — ׳ ט Lev 5:2 + 58 t.; construct טְמֵא Lev 22:4 + 3 t.; feminine טְמֵאָה Lev 5:2 + 11 t.; construct טְמֵאַת Ezek 22:5; Ezek 22:10 plural טְמֵאִים Lev 11:8 + 10 t.; — unclean,

1. ethically and religiously שׂפתים ׳ ט Isa 6:5 (twice in verse) unclean of lips; השׁם ׳ ט Ezek 22:5 defiled of name, infamous; ׳ טהור מִטּ Job 14:4.
2. ritually:
a. of persons, || טהור Deut 12:15; Deut 12:22; Deut 15:22; Eccl 9:2 נפשׁ ׳ ט Lev 22:4 ( H ); (אדם) לנפשׁ ׳ ט unclean for a (dead) person Num 5:2; Num 9:6; Num 9:7; Num 9:10 ( P ) = נפשׁ ׳ ט Hag 2:13 elsewhere for various reasons Deut 26:14; Lev 5:2 ; Lev 13:11 ; Lev 13:16 ; Lev 13:44 ; Lev 13:45 (twice in verse); Lev 13:46; Lev 15:2; Lev 15:25; Lev 15:33; Num 19:13; Num 19:17; Num 19:19; Num 19:20; Num 19:22 (all P ), 2Chr 23:19; Isa 64:5; Ezek 4:13; Ezek 22:10; Lam 4:15.
b. of animals Lev 5:2 (4 t. in verse); Lev 7:21 (twice in verse); Lev 11:4; Lev 11:5; Lev 11:6; Lev 11:7; Lev 11:8; Lev 11:26; Lev 11:27; Lev 11:28; Lev 11:29; Lev 11:31; Lev 27:11; Lev 27:27; Num 18:15 (all P ), Lev 20:25 (twice in verse) ( H ), Deut 14:7 ; Deut 14:8 ; Deut 14:10; Deut 14:19.
c. of things in gen. Lev 11:35 (twice in verse); Lev 11:38; Lev 15:26; Num 19:15 (all P ), Isa 52:11 food Judg 13:4; Hos 9:3 houses Jer 19:13 leprosy Lev 13:15; Lev 13:51; Lev 13:55; Lev 14:44; Lev 14:57 ( P ); offering Hag 2:14.
d. persons and things in general כל טמא Lev 7:19; Lev 7:21 ( P ); ובין הטהור ׳ הבדיל בין הט Lev 10:10; Lev 11:47 לטהור ׳ הודיע בין (ה)ט Ezek 22:26 ; Ezek 44:23 of aliens Isa 52:1 (|| עָרֵל), perhaps also Isa 35:8.
3. specifically of places: ׳ מקום ט unclean place (place of refuse away from holy place and human habitation) Lev 14:40; Lev 14:41; Lev 14:45 ( P ); טמאה ארץ land on the east of the Jordan separated from the land of the tabernacle of ׳ י Josh 22:19 ( P ); so ׳ אדמה ט a foreign land Amos 7:17.


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טמא (tah-meh’)

Leviticus 5:2

KJV: Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
EHCC: touch any unclean thing, whether )8 |(א

Leviticus 7:19

KJV: And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
EHCC: that toucheth any wnclean (thing)

Leviticus 10:10

KJV: And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
EHCC: between unclean and clean;

Leviticus 11:4

KJV: Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
EHCC: 5. he (is) xclean unto you.

Leviticus 18:11

KJV: The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
EHCC: for he (is) unclean. -

Leviticus 14:40

KJV: Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
EHCC: cast them ס! an exclean place

Leviticus 20:25

KJV: Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.creepeth: or, moveth
EHCC: between clean beasts aed unclecs,

Leviticus 22:4

KJV: What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;running…: Heb. running of the reins
EHCC: toucheth any thing (that is) scien

Leviticus 27:11

KJV: And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
EHCC: if (it be) any unclean beast,

Numbers 5:2

KJV: Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
EHCC: whosoever is defiled by the dest:

Numbers 9:6

KJV: And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
EHCC: men, who were defi

Numbers 18:15

KJV: Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
EHCC: the firstling of unclean beasts

Numbers 19:13

KJV: Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
EHCC: סמ shall be unclean; 0

Numbers 15:22

KJV: And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
EHCC: the ee and ie ciee

Numbers 26:14

KJV: These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
EHCC: thereof for (any) unclean A

Joshua 22:19

KJV: Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.
EHCC: the land of your possession (be) יו

Judges 13:4

KJV: Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
EHCC: eat not any unclean (thing):

2 Chronicles 23:19

KJV: And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
EHCC: none (which was) unclean in ef,

Job 14:4

KJV: Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.can…: Heb. will give
EHCC: a clean (thing) 04 of ax excl

Isaiah 6:5

KJV: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.undone: Heb. cut off
EHCC: 1 i) ₪ man of unclees lips, and UN"

Jeremiah 19:18

EHCC: shall be defiled as the place of Tophet,
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