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title: טָהֹר — clean · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָהֹר (2889), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 95 times: clean. BDB 1906: adj. clean, pure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָהֹר

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«טָהֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **clean** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 95 times · **Key:** 2889 · **BDB:** טָהור

### Glosses

pure (47); clean (21); \[is\].pure (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2889/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. clean, pure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2889/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. clean, pure;—m. abs. ט׳ Ex 25:11 + 68 times; טָהֹר Lv 11:47 + 4 times; cstr. טְהוֹר Hab 1:13; טְהָו֯ר Pr 22:11; טֳהָר־ Jb 17:9; f. טְהוֹרָה Mal 1:11 + 3 times; טְהֹרָה Gn 7:2 + 8 times; mpl. טְהוֹרִים Ez 36:25 Ezr 6:20; טְהֹרִים Pr 15:26; fpl. טְהֹרוֹת Lv 14:4 ψ 12:7;— ceremonially clean, of animals Gn 7:2(×2), 8(×2); 8:20(×2) (all J), Lv 14:4 (P), 20:25(×2) (H), Dt 14:11, 20; places Lv 4:12; 6:4; 10:14; 11:36 Nu 19:9 (all P); things Lv 10:10; 11:37, 47; 14:57 (P), Ez 22:26; 44:23 Is 66:20 Mal 1:11; persons Lv 7:19; 13:13, 17, 37, 39, 40, 41; 15:8 Nu 5:28; 9:13; 18:11, 13; 19:9, 18, 19 (all P), Dt 12:15, 22; 15:22; 23:11 1 S 20:26a + v 26b MT but read טֹהַר Pu., see טָהֵר, 2 Ch 30:17 Ezr 6:20. physically pure: of gold זָהָב Ex 25:11, 17, 24, 29, 31, 36, 38, 39; 28:14, 22, 36; 30:3; 37:2, 6, 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 26; 39:15, 25, 30 (all P), 1 Ch 28:17 2 Ch 3:4; 9:17; כֶּתֶם Jb 28:19; of water מַיִם Ez 36:25; of incense קְטֹרֶת Ex 30:35; 37:29 (P); of lamp stand מְנֹרָה Ex 31:8; 39:37 (P), Lv 24:4 (H); of the table שֻׁלְחָן Lv 24:6 (H), 2 Ch 13:11; clean, of turban Zc 3:5(×2). ethically pure, clean Pr 30:12 Ec 9:2 Jb 14:4; of heart ψ 51:12 Pr 22:11; hands Jb 17:9; eyes Hab 1:13 (of God); words of men Pr 15:26; words of God ψ 12:7; law of י׳ as object of reverential fear ψ 19:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 88 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָהֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2889/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.11/)

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כָּל־צִפּ֥וֹר טְהֹרָ֖ה תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* any bird clean you.will.eat

*JPS 1917:* Of all clean birds ye may eat.

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[Deuteronomy 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.20/)

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כָּל־ע֥וֹף טָה֖וֹר תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* any insect clean you.will.eat

*JPS 1917:* Of all clean winged things ye may eat.

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