טָמֵא
ta.me
“unclean”
Definition
foul in a religious sense
from H2930 (טָמֵא);
- unclean, impure 1a) ethically and religiously 1b) ritually 1c) of places
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
טָמֵא appears 77 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
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The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
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