[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/purify.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / purify [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/P/) # purify «purify» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To make something pure by removing dirt, germs or harmful…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (purify, purifies, purified, purifying) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To make something pure by removing dirt, germs or harmful things: «Boil the water to purify it.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#m1) 2) (religion, church) To make someone spiritually clean, free from sin or guilt: «Christians believe God can purify people's hearts.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#m2) 3) (science) To separate a substance from a mixture so it is pure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to make someone or something ritually clean again by the rites the Torah sets, such as washing and sprinkling. Interpretation: Jacob told his household to purify themselves before going to Bethel, and the law of the red heifer's ashes was for those who touched the dead; the rabbis call it a decree beyond human reasoning. In the primary lessons: In science lessons we purify water by filtering, boiling or evaporating; in everyday life air purifiers clean the air indoors; in religious education people purify themselves by washing, prayer or fasting. Phrases: «purify water», «purify the air», «purify the heart». ### examples - And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify.' (Torah NUM.31.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x1) - Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments; (Torah GEN.35.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x2) - And encamp ye without the camp seven days; whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. (Torah NUM.31.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x3) - And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. (Writings NEH.13.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x4) - When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. (Prophets EZK.43.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x5) - And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purify the altar, as they did purify it with the bullock. (Prophets EZK.43.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x6) - We purified muddy water with sand and charcoal filters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x7) - Boiling water for one minute helps to purify it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x8) - Plants help to purify the air in a room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x9) - In the Bible, people washed to purify themselves before worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x10) - Scientists purified the salt by evaporating the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x11) - The tablets purify water from streams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x12) - During this festival it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw, through which they rushed with their flocks, believing that this ordeal would purify them from sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/#x13) ### note Spelling: purify, purifies, purified (y changes to i before -es and -ed), purifying (keeps y). Nouns: purification, purity. Purifying water by boiling kills germs but does not remove salt or poison. ### In the corpora - [And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.388/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «purify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/purify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.