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title: טֹהַר — purity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֹהַר (2892), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: purity. BDB 1906: purity, purifying. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֹהַר

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«טֹהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **purity** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2892 · **BDB:** טֹ֫הַר

### Glosses

her.purification (2); purity (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2892/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

purity, purifying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2892/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] purity, purifying— purity, כְּעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לָטֹ֫הַר Ex 24:10 (JE), as the body of the heavens for purity. sf. יְמֵי טָהֳרָהּ Lv 12:4, 6 the days of her purifying (menstruation).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֹהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2892/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 24:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.10/)

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וַיִּרְא֕וּ אֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְתַ֣חַת רַגְלָ֗יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ לִבְנַ֣ת הַסַּפִּ֔יר וּכְעֶ֥צֶם הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָטֹֽהַר׃

*Word for word:* and they.saw (et) the.God of.Israel and.\[was\] under feet his like the.working of.(the).pavement of.(the) sapphire and like the.substance of the.heavens to purity

*JPS 1917:* and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.

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[Leviticus 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.12.4/)

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וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים יוֹם֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים תֵּשֵׁ֖ב בִּדְמֵ֣י טָהֳרָ֑ה בְּכָל־קֹ֣דֶשׁ לֹֽא־תִגָּ֗ע וְאֶל־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָבֹ֔א עַד־מְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֥י טָהֳרָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and thirty day\[s\] and three days she.will.remain in.\[the\] blood(s) of.purification (in) any holy.thing not she.will.touch and into the sanctuary not she.will.go until are.completed the.days her.purification her

*JPS 1917:* And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.

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