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Strong's #2931 - טָמֵא

Transliteration

ṭâmêʼ

Phonetics

taw-may'

Origin

from (H2930)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TWOT

809a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

unclean, impure
1. ethically and religiously
2. ritually
3. of places

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 167 ‑ ἀκαθαρσία (ak‑ath‑ar‑see'‑ah); 4509 ‑ ῥύπος (hroo'‑pos); 169 ‑ ἀκάθαρτος (ak‑ath'‑ar‑tos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (84)

Leviticus 44

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

BSB (85)

Leviticus 47

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

CSB (82)

Leviticus 47

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

ESV (87)

Leviticus 46

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

KJV (84)

Leviticus 43

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

LEB (87)

Leviticus 46

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

LSB (90)

Leviticus 48

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

N95 (91)

Leviticus 48

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 6

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

NAS (92)

Leviticus 48

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 6

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (87)

Leviticus 45

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Haggai 2

ASV (84)

and between the unclean 2

and for the unclean 1

and if it be any unclean 1

and if it be of an unclean 1

and shall be unclean unto you 1

and the unclean 2

and these are they which are unclean 1

and to the unclean 1

and whatsoever the unclean 1

and whosoever is unclean 1

any unclean 2

anything that is unclean 1

are unclean 1

be unclean 1

between the unclean 3

for we are all become as one that is unclean 1

from him, and he be unclean 1

he is unclean 4

he is unclean unto you 3

him up, for he is unclean 1

if one that is unclean 1

in her impurity 1

into an unclean 2

is unclean 1

it is unclean 4

it is unclean unto you 1

no unclean 1

not any unclean thing 1

of an unclean 1

of unclean 5

or an unclean 1

or any unclean 1

or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean 1

shall be unclean 2

she is unclean 1

she is unclean unto you 1

that is unclean 1

that none that was unclean 1

the unclean 1

thee, thou infamous 1

thee: the unclean 1

them into an unclean 1

there is unclean 1

thereof, being unclean 1

thereof: the unclean 1

thereon, it is unclean unto you 1

these are they which are unclean 1

they are unclean 1

they are unclean unto you 3

thing out of an unclean 1

unclean 4

unto him, we are unclean 1

unto them, unclean 1

upon him, he shall be unclean 1

upon him; he is unclean 1

upon it, is unclean 1

upon the unclean 1

which are defiled 1

who were unclean 1

with her that is unclean 1

BSB (85)

an unclean 4

an unclean woman 1

and the unclean 4

and unclean 3

are unclean 8

defiled 2

for the purification of the unclean person 1

from unclean 1

is defiled 1

is unclean 20

it is among the unclean 1

like one who is unclean 1

o infamous city 1

of any unclean 1

of the unclean 1

of unclean 3

one who is defiled 1

or unclean 1

pagan 1

the ceremonially unclean 2

the unclean 3

the unclean person 1

their defiled 1

unclean 17

unclean food 1

unclean thing 1

while unclean 1

who is defiled 1

women during their menstrual impurity 1

CSB (82)

anything unclean 1

defiled 4

impure 1

impurity 1

is impure 1

like something unclean 1

the unclean 15

unclean 57

unclean food 1

ESV (87)

defiled 2

menstrual impurity 1

unclean 82

unclean thing 1

woman 1

KJV (84)

and 1

defiled 5

polluted 1

pollution 1

unclean 76

LEB (87)

⌊the unclean 1

a woman unclean of 1

although we are unclean 1

an unclean 6

an unclean swarmer 1

an unclean thing 1

an unclean wild animal 1

an unclean woman 1

and the clean 1

and the unclean 2

and to the unclean 1

any unclean thing 1

are the unclean 2

are therefore unclean for you 1

are unclean for you 3

both the unclean 1

defiled 1

for it is unclean for you 1

for the unclean person 1

he is unclean 4

is unclean 9

is unclean for you 4

it is among the unclean 1

it is unclean for you 2

it while being unclean 1

like the unclean 1

one who is unclean from 1

person unclean with respect to 1

something is unclean 1

the unclean 8

the unclean person 1

their unclean 1

they are unclean 1

they are unclean for you 2

unclean 17

unclean and 1

unclean as her menstruation 1

unclean food 1

unclean for you 1

LSB (90)

defiled 1

thing 1

unclean 87

woman 1

N95 (91)

defiled 1

ill 1

thing 1

unclean 86

who 1

woman 1

NAS (92)

defiled 1

ill 1

is 1

thing 1

unclean 86

what 1

woman 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (87)

and between the unclean 2

and shall be unclean to you 1

and the unclean 2

and whoever is unclean 1

any unclean 2

any unclean thing 1

anything that is unclean 1

are unclean 1

between the unclean 3

for the unclean 1

for we have all become as one who is unclean 1

he is unclean 4

he is unclean to you 3

if it is an unclean 1

if it is any unclean 1

if one who is unclean 1

in her impurity 1

into an unclean 2

is unclean 4

it is unclean 4

it is unclean to you 1

no unclean 1

of an unclean 1

of unclean 5

on the unclean 1

or any unclean 1

shall be unclean 3

she is unclean 1

she is unclean to you 1

that is unclean 1

that no one who was unclean 1

the unclean 2

them into an unclean 1

them shall be unclean 1

there is unclean 1

these are they which are unclean 1

they are unclean 1

they are unclean to you 2

thing out of an unclean 1

to the unclean 1

unclean 3

whatever the unclean 1

which are defiled 1

who were unclean 1

with her who is unclean 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1197) m u (תהמ ThM) AC: ? CO: Unclean AB: ?: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket or container, the m is a picture of water. Combined these mean "container of water". A bowl of water is used to wash dirt off.

C) m u a (אתהמ AThM) AC: Shut CO: Shut AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

V) m u a (אתהמ AThM) - Shut: The closing of the eyes, ears or a window. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) narrow, stop, shut - Strongs: H331 (אָטַם)

E) a m u (תהמא ThMA) AC: ? CO: Unclean AB: ?

V) a m u (תהמא ThMA) - Unclean: KJV (161): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) unclean, defile, pollute - Strongs: H2930 (טָמֵא)

N^m) a m u (תהמא ThMA) - Unclean: KJV (87): unclean, defiled, infamous, polluted, pollution - Strongs: H2931 (טָמֵא)

o^f1) e a m f u (תהומאה ThWMAH) - Unclean: KJV (37): uncleanness, filthiness, unclean - Strongs: H2932 (טֻמְאָה)

H) e m u (תהמה ThMH) AC: ? CO: Unclean AB: ?

V) e m u (תהמה ThMH) - Unclean: KJV (2): (vf: Niphal) defile, vile - Strongs: H2933 (טָמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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

1 ethically and religiouslyשׂפתים ׳ט Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) unclean of lips; השׁם׳ט Ezekiel 22:5 defiled of name, infamous; ׳טהור מִטּ Job 14:4.

2 ritually:

a. of persons, "" טהור Deuteronomy 12:15,22; Deuteronomy 15:22; Ecclesiastes 9:2; נפשׁ׳ט Leviticus 22:4 (H); (אדם) לנפשׁ׳ט unclean for a ( dead) person Numbers 5:2; Numbers 9:6,7,10 (P) = נפשׁ׳ט Haggai 2:13; elsewhere for various reasons Deuteronomy 26:14; Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 13:11,16,44,45 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:46; Leviticus 15:2,25,33; Numbers 19:13,17,19,20,22 (all P), 2 Chronicles 23:19; Isaiah 64:5; Ezekiel 4:13; Ezekiel 22:10; Lamentations 4:15.

b. of animals Leviticus 5:2 (4t. in verse); Leviticus 7:21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:4,5,6,7,8,26,27,28,29,31; Leviticus 27:11,27; Numbers 18:15 (all P), Leviticus 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deuteronomy 14:7,8,10,19.

c. of things in Gen. Leviticus 11:35 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:38; Leviticus 15:26; Numbers 19:15 (all P), Isaiah 52:11; food Judges 13:4; Hosea 9:3; houses Jeremiah 19:13; leprosy Leviticus 13:15,51,55; Leviticus 14:44,57 (P); offering Haggai 2:14.

d. persons and things in General כל טמא Leviticus 7:19,21 (P); ובין הטהור׳הבדיל בין הט Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:47; לטהור׳הודיע בין (ה)ט Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 44:23; of aliens Isaiah 52:1 ("" עָרֵל), perhaps also Isaiah 35:8.

3 specifically of places: ׳מקום ט unclean place (place of refuse away from holy place and human habitation) Leviticus 14:40,41,45 (P); טמאה ארץ land on the east of the Jordan separated from the land of the tabernacle of ׳י Joshua 22:19 (P); so ׳אדמה ט a foreign land Amos 7:17.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

טָמֵא inf. טָמְאָה (Leviticus 15:32)

(1) to be or to become unclean, to be polluted (Syr. ܛܰܡܰܐ, which follows the analogy of guttural verbs, to pollute, ܛܡܠܰܐ polluted, comp. Lat. contamino, attamino, intamino). Especially used of uncleanness in a Levitical sense both of persons and of animals (whose flesh was not to be eaten, see -Lev. 11:131 ); also of things, as of buildings, vessels. Opp. to טָהַד. Leviticus 11:24, seq. Followed by בְּ to be unclean by any thing. Levit. 15:32 18:20, 23 Leviticus 18:23. [“Also to defile oneself, followed by בְּ with any thing, Psalms 106:39; Ezekiel 22:4.”]

Niphal נִמְמָא part. plur. נִטְמְאִים Ezekiel 20:30, 31 Ezekiel 20:31, pass. of Piel, to pollute one’s self, as a woman by adultery, Numbers 5:13, 14, 20, 27, 28 a people by whoredom or idolatry, Hosea 5:3, 6:10. Followed by בְּ of the thing with which any one is defiled, as with idols, Ezekiel 20:43, 23:7, 30 Ezekiel 23:30.

Piel טִמֵּא

(1) to pollute, to defile, Leviticus 15:31, hence

(a) to profane a land with wickedness, Leviticus 18:28, 20:3 the temple, Psalms 79:1 the high places (בָּמוֹת) i.e. to destroy them, to take them away, 2 Kings 23:8, 10 2 Kings 23:10, 13 2 Kings 23:13.

(b) to violate a woman, or virgin, Genesis 34:5, 13 Genesis 34:13, 27 Genesis 34:27; Ezekiel 18:6, 15 Ezekiel 18:15.

(2) to declare any one unclean, as was done by the priest, Leviticus 13:3, Leviticus 13:8, 11 Leviticus 13:11, seq.

(3) to make be polluted, to cause to pollute one’s self, Ezekiel 20:36.

Pual part. polluted, Ezekiel 4:14.

Hithpael fut. יִטַּמָּא i.q. Niph. to pollute one’s self, followed by בְּ (Leviticus 11:43, 18:30 ) and לְ (Leviticus 11:24, 21:11 ) of the thing with which any one is polluted.

Hothpael הֻטַּמָּא id. Deuteronomy 24:4.

[Derivatives the following words.]

טָמֵא f. טְמֵאָה adj. impure, unclean

(a) in a Levitical sense as to persons, animals, and things, Leviticus 5:2; Deuteronomy 14:19.

(b) in a moral sense, Job 14:4. טְמֵאַת הַשֵּׁם polluted of name, infamous, Ezekiel 22:5.

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List of Word Forms

בְּטָמֵ֔א בטמא הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים הַטְּמֵאִ֥ים הַטְּמֵאָ֖ה הַטְּמֵאָה֙ הַטָּמֵ֔א הַטָּמֵ֖א הַטָּמֵ֤א הַטָּמֵ֥א הַטָּמֵא֙ הטמא הטמאה הטמאים וְטָמֵ֥א ׀ וְטָמֵֽא׃ וְלַטָּמֵ֔א וּטְמֵאִ֖ים וטמא וטמא׃ וטמאים ולטמא טְמֵ֣א טְמֵֽא־ טְמֵאִ֖ים טְמֵאִ֣ים טְמֵאִ֥ים טְמֵאִים֙ טְמֵאַ֣ת טְמֵאַ֥ת טְמֵאָ֔ה טְמֵאָ֗ה טְמֵאָ֜ה טְמֵאָ֥ה טְמֵאָֽה׃ טְמֵאָה֙ טְמֵא־ טָמֵ֑א טָמֵ֔א טָמֵ֖א טָמֵ֗א טָמֵ֞א טָמֵ֣א טָמֵ֣א ׀ טָמֵ֥א טָמֵֽא׃ טָמֵא֒ טָמֵא֙ טמא טמא־ טמא׃ טמאה טמאה׃ טמאים טמאת כַטָּמֵא֙ כטמא לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה לַטָּמֵ֔א לטמא לטמאה מִטָּמֵ֗א מטמא bə·ṭā·mê betaMe bəṭāmê chattaMe haṭ·ṭā·mê haṭ·ṭə·mê·’āh haṭ·ṭə·mê·’îm hattaMe haṭṭāmê haṭṭəmê’āh haṭṭəmê’îm hattemeAh hattemeIm ḵaṭ·ṭā·mê ḵaṭṭāmê laṭ·ṭā·mê laṭ·ṭə·mê·’āh lattaMe laṭṭāmê laṭṭəmê’āh lattemeAh miṭ·ṭā·mê mittaMe miṭṭāmê ṭā·mê taMe ṭāmê ṭə·mê ṭə·mê- ṭə·mê·’āh ṭə·mê·’aṯ ṭə·mê·’îm teme ṭəmê ṭəmê- ṭəmê’āh ṭəmê’aṯ ṭəmê’îm temeAh temeAt temeIm ū·ṭə·mê·’îm ūṭəmê’îm utemeIm velattaMe vetaMe wə·laṭ·ṭā·mê wə·ṭā·mê wəlaṭṭāmê wəṭāmê