Unclean

Member senses (17)

• גאלto defile oneself
  Sense details

  = action by which humans cause themselves to be physically contaminated ◄ by getting in direct contact with unclean objects, such as unclean food and blood

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-05
• גאלto stain, to pollute
  Sense details

  = causative action by which humans cause an object to be physically contaminated ◄ by causing it to get in direct contact with dirt or other unclean objects

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-06
• חנףto be polluted, to be defiled
  Sense details

  = process by which land becomes impure as a result of the morally and ethically unacceptable things that happen there, ► and therefore unfit for God to associate with

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002397-01
• חנףto pollute, to defile
  Sense details

  = causative action by which humans cause land to become impure by their morally and ethically unacceptable behavior, ► as a result of which it is no longer fit for God to associate with

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002397-02
• טמאto become unclean
  Sense details

  = process by which humans, or objects are or become contaminated, ◄ as a result of contagious diseases or conditions, unlawful activities, or contact with what has been contaminated, ► which often results in their inability of being used or participating in social and religious activities, until this state is reversed through prescribed rituals and procedures

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002691-01
• טמאto defile oneself
  Sense details

  = action by which humans cause themselves to become contaminated, ◄ as a result unlawful activities or contact with what has been contaminated, ► which often results in their inability to participate in social and religious activities, until this state is reversed through prescribed rituals and procedures

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002691-02
• טמאto defile
  Sense details

  = causative action by which humans cause others to become contaminated, ◄ as a result of unlawful activities, ► which often results in their inability to participate in social and religious activities, until this state is reversed through prescribed rituals and procedures

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002691-03
• טמאto pronounce unclean
  Sense details

  = causative action by which a priest pronounces humans and objects to be contaminated ◄ because of contagious diseases or conditions, ► which often results in their inability of being used or participating in social and religious activities, until this state is reversed through prescribed rituals and procedures

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002691-04
• טָמֵאunclean
  Sense details

  = state in which humans, animals, or objects are regarded by the law as having been contaminated, ► as a result of which they cannot participate in social and religious activities

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002692-01
• טֻמְאָהuncleanness
  Sense details

  = something that causes humans, animals, or objects to be regarded by the law as having been contaminated, as a result of which anything that touches them may become contaminated as well; ► humans, animals, and objects that are unclean cannot participate in social and religious activities, until this state is reversed through prescribed rituals and procedures

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002693-01
• טנףto soil, to dirty
  Sense details

  = action by which humans cause something to be in touch with dirt

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002697-01
• כתםto be stained
  Sense details

  = state in which dirt is still visible, even after washing

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003462-01
• נִדָּהimpurity
  Sense details

  = state in which humans are considered unclean because of a flow of blood or contact with a corpse

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004634-01
• נכרto profane
  Sense details

  = causative action by which humans cause a place to be associated with foreign religious practices

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004782-07
• צֹאָהfilth
  Sense details

  literally: excrement; hence: = filthy substance; ► which renders people dirty and unclean; ≈ associated with sinfulness

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006065-02
• צֹאִיdirty, filthy
  Sense details

  = pertaining to being dirty; ≈ associated with sinful behavior

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006066-01
• שׁקץto contaminate oneself, to make oneself abominable
  Sense details

  = causative action by which humans make themselves unclean by engaging with unclean things

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-007584-01