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# impurity

«impurity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small amount of an unwanted substance mixed into…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an impurity, impurities; impurity — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An impurity is a small amount of an unwanted substance mixed into something that should be pure, like dirt in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#m1)

2) Impurity is the state of not being pure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus it means ritual uncleanness, such as that linked with a woman's monthly period, or with forbidden marriages. Interpretation: The law of niddah, still kept by observant Jews, grows out of these verses, and the immersion in a mikveh ends the state of impurity. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on mixtures, separating techniques like filtering, sieving and evaporating remove impurities from water or salt. Water treatment plants remove impurities to make water safe to drink. In metals and gems, impurities can change colour or strength. Phrases: remove impurities, contain impurities, free from impurities.

### examples

- And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. (Torah LEV.20.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x1)
- And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x2)
- And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x3)
- In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity. (Prophets EZK.22.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x4)
- and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity; (Prophets EZK.18.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x5)
- 'Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings; their way before Me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. (Prophets EZK.36.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x6)
- We filtered the muddy water to remove the impurities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x7)
- Rock salt contains sand and other impurities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x8)
- The water company removes impurities so the water is safe to drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x9)
- Tiny impurities give some gems their colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x10)
- Gold with impurities is not as valuable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x11)
- The scientist tested the sample for impurities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/#x12)

### note

Countable when it means the unwanted substances (impurities); uncountable for the quality. im- + purity. Opposite: purity. Adjective: impure. Filtering removes solid impurities, but not things dissolved in water like salt.

### In the corpora

- [And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.446/)
- [In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.548/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impurity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impurity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.