STRONGS H2930:
Abbreviations
† I. טָמֵא verb be or
become unclean (Late Hebrew Pi.
pollute (ceremonially); Aramaic
טְמָא and especially derivatives,
Pa.
pollute; see RS
K 307 ff.) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ט׳ Leviticus 11:25 +
22 times;
3rd person feminine singular טָֽמְאָה Leviticus 12:2 +
2 times;
2nd person feminine singular טָמֵאת Ezekiel 22:4; plural
טָֽמְאוּ Leviticus 15:18;
Imperfect יִטְמָא Leviticus 5:3 +
34 times;
3rd person feminine singular תִּטְמָא Leviticus 12:2 +
4 times; plural
יִטְמְאוּ Psalm 106:39;
Infinitive טָמְאָה Leviticus 15:32 +
6 times; —
be or
become unclean:
1. sexually, with בְּ Leviticus 18:20, 23 (H), Ezekiel 23:17; the land Leviticus 18:25, 27 (H).
2. religiously, with idols Ezekiel 22:3; with בְ Ezekiel 22:4; with necromancers Leviticus 19:31 (H); by sacrificing children to idols Psalm 106:39.
3. ceremonially, by contact with carcasses of unclean animals Leviticus 11:24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:35, 36, 40 (P); any carcass Leviticus 17:15 (H); eating of a carcass Leviticus 22:8 (H); by issues Leviticus 15:4, 9, 20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 15:24, 27, 32 (P); by contact with an unclean man Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 15:4 (P), Leviticus 22:5 (H), or thing Leviticus 22:6 (H); by leprosy Leviticus 13:14, 46; Leviticus 14:36, 46 (P); by contact with the dead Numbers 6:12; Numbers 19:20 (P), Ezekiel 44:25, or with one unclean by such contact Numbers 19:22 (P), Haggai 2:13 (twice in verse); by contact with creeping things Leviticus 22:5 (H); certain animals were always unclean Leviticus 11:26, 27 (P). In ordinary cases of uncleanness טמא עד הערב unclean till even Leviticus 11:24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 39, 40 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:46; Leviticus 15:5; Leviticus 15:6; Leviticus 15:7; Leviticus 15:8; Leviticus 15:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 15:11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27; Numbers 19:7; Numbers 19:8; Numbers 19:10; Numbers 19:21; Numbers 19:22 (all P), Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:6 (H); but uncleanness lasted 7 days for woman bearings a son Leviticus 12:2 (twice in verse) (P), for lying with woman having an issue Leviticus 15:24 (P), or one coming in contact with the dead Numbers 19:11, 14, 16 (P); it lasted 14 days for a woman bearing a daughter Leviticus 12:5 (P).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִטְמָא Hosea 5:3;
Hosea 6:10;
3rd person feminine singular נִטְמְאָה Numbers 5:27,
28;
נִטְמָ֑אָה Numbers 5:13 +
5 times;
1st person singular נִטְמֵאתִי Jeremiah 2:23;
2nd person masculine plural נִטְמֵתֶם Leviticus 11:43 (
א omitted by scribal error; but Ges and others derive from
טמה), etc. +
4 times perfect;
Participle plural
נִטְמְאִים Ezekiel 20:30,
31; —
defile oneself, be defiled:
1. sexually, Leviticus 18:24 (H), Numbers 5:13, 14 (twice in verse); Numbers 5:20, 27, 28, 29 (P).
2. by idolatry conceived as whoredom Hosea 5:3; Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 2:23; Ezekiel 20:30, 31, 43; Ezekiel 23:7, 13, 30.
3. ceremonially, by eating creeping things Leviticus 11:43.
4. be regarded as unclean (compare Pi. 4), probably נִטְמִינִוּ Job 18:3 we are accounted as unclean; metal. from; on another view see טמה.
Pi. Perfect טִמֵּא Genesis 34:5 +
15 times; suffix
טִמְּאוֺ Leviticus 13:8 +
3 times;
2nd person feminine singular טִמֵּאת Ezekiel 5:11, etc. +
7 times Perfect;
Imperfect יְטַמֵּא 2 Kings 23:8, etc. +
12 times Imperfect;
Imperative plural
טַמְּאוּ Ezekiel 9:7;
Infinitive טַמֵּא Leviticus 13:44 +
2 times; suffix
טַמְּאָם Leviticus 15:31, etc. +
4 times Infinitive; —
defile:
1. sexually Genesis 34:5, 13, 27 (R), Ezekiel 18:6, 11, 15; Ezekiel 22:11; Ezekiel 33:26; the land by sexual impurities of the people Leviticus 18:28 (H); Israel by spiritual whoredom Ezekiel 23:17.
2. religiously: the land by bloodshed Numbers 35:34 (P); by allowing the dead body of the murderer to hang on the tree over night Deuteronomy 21:23; by idolatry Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 36:17, 18; Israel defiled the sacred places by the sacrifice of children Leviticus 20:3 (H), Ezekiel 23:38, and God defiled him thereby Ezekiel 20:26; he defileth the sacred places by idolatry 2 Chronicles 36:14; Jeremiah 7:30 = Jeremiah 32:34, Ezekiel 5:11; the holy name of י׳ Ezekiel 43:7, 8; Josiah defiled the idolatrous places of worship by destroying them and making them unfit for use 2 Kings 23:8, 10, 13, 16; of Israel defiling idolatrous images Isaiah 30:22, and the nations the temple of God Psalm 79:1.
3. ceremonially: by ceremonial uncleanness, the sacred places Leviticus 15:31; Numbers 19:13, 20 (P); the camp Numbers 5:3 (P); the temple by dead bodies Ezekiel 9:7; the Nazirite's head of separation by a death occurring in his presence Numbers 6:9 (P); the people defile themselves (נפשׁתיכם) by creeping things Leviticus 11:44 (P).
4. pronounce or declare ceremonially unclean: the leper Leviticus 13:3, 8, 11, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 44 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:59 (P); unclean animals Leviticus 20:25 (H).
Pu. Participle נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה Ezekiel 4:14 myself is not polluted.
Hithp. Imperfect יִטַּמָּא Leviticus 21:1 +
4 times; plural
יִטַּמְּאוּ Ezekiel 14:11;
Ezekiel 37:23;
יִטַּמָּ֑אוּ Hosea 9:4;
Ezekiel 44:25, etc. +
6 times Imperfect — reflexive,
defile oneself: by eating of an unaccepted peace-offering
Hosea 9:4; with
בְּ Leviticus 18:24,
30 (H),
Leviticus 11:43 (P),
Ezekiel 14:11;
Ezekiel 20:7,
18;
Ezekiel 37:23; with
לְ for a dead person
Leviticus 21:1,
3,
11 (H),
Numbers 6:7 (P);
by Leviticus 11:24 (P); without preposition
Leviticus 21:4 (H),
Ezekiel 44:25.
Hothp. Perfect אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר חֻטַּמָּ֑אָה Deuteronomy 24:4 after that she has been defiled (sexually); on form see Ges
§ 54. 3.
†
טָמְאָה noun feminine uncleanness (
טָֽמְאָה, Baer, seems to rest upon a misinterpretation of the form)
Micah 2:10 (so Thes MV SS); of ethical uncleanness, from wrong-doing.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
34:5; 34:5; 34:13; 34:27
Leviticus
5:3; 5:3; 11:24; 11:24; 11:24; 11:25; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:27; 11:27; 11:28; 11:28; 11:31; 11:31; 11:32; 11:32; 11:33; 11:34; 11:35; 11:36; 11:39; 11:40; 11:40; 11:43; 11:43; 11:43; 11:44; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 12:5; 13:3; 13:8; 13:8; 13:11; 13:14; 13:15; 13:20; 13:22; 13:25; 13:27; 13:30; 13:44; 13:44; 13:46; 13:59; 14:36; 14:46; 14:46; 15:4; 15:4; 15:5; 15:6; 15:7; 15:8; 15:9; 15:10; 15:11; 15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 15:18; 15:19; 15:20; 15:21; 15:22; 15:23; 15:24; 15:24; 15:27; 15:27; 15:31; 15:31; 15:32; 15:32; 17:15; 17:15; 18:20; 18:23; 18:24; 18:24; 18:25; 18:27; 18:28; 18:30; 19:31; 20:3; 20:25; 21:1; 21:1; 21:3; 21:4; 21:11; 22:5; 22:5; 22:6; 22:6; 22:8
Numbers
5:3; 5:13; 5:13; 5:14; 5:20; 5:27; 5:27; 5:28; 5:28; 5:29; 6:7; 6:9; 6:12; 19:7; 19:8; 19:10; 19:11; 19:13; 19:14; 19:16; 19:20; 19:20; 19:21; 19:22; 19:22; 35:34
Deuteronomy
21:23; 24:4
2 Kings
23:8; 23:8; 23:10; 23:13; 23:16
2 Chronicles
36:14
Job
18:3
Psalms
79:1; 106:39; 106:39
Isaiah
30:22
Jeremiah
2:7; 2:23; 2:23; 7:30; 32:34
Ezekiel
4:14; 5:11; 5:11; 9:7; 9:7; 14:11; 14:11; 18:6; 18:11; 18:15; 20:7; 20:18; 20:26; 20:30; 20:30; 20:31; 20:31; 20:43; 22:3; 22:4; 22:4; 22:11; 23:7; 23:13; 23:17; 23:17; 23:30; 23:38; 33:26; 36:17; 36:18; 37:23; 37:23; 43:7; 43:8; 44:25; 44:25; 44:25
Hosea
5:3; 5:3; 6:10; 6:10; 9:4; 9:4
Micah
2:10
Haggai
2:13
