Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H2936 |
|---|---|
| Word: | טָּנַף |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | tanaph |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | taw-naf' |
| Meaning: | 1. to soil |
| KJV Renderings: | defile. |
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[טָנַף] verb soil, defile (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Aramaic Pa`el טַנֵּף , [untranscribed source text 2122]; Assyrian ‰anâpu II, I, DlPr 33; HWB 302; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2123] is be suspicious, be intrinsically corrupt) —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
