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title: טׇהֳרָה — purifying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טׇהֳרָה (2893), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: purifying. BDB 1906: n.f. purifying, cleansing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טׇהֳרָה

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«טׇהֳרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **purifying** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2893 · **BDB:** טָֽהֳרָה

### Glosses

purification (7); his.purification (2); of.purification (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purifying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2893/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. purifying, cleansing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2893/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. purifying, cleansing;—abs. ט׳ Lv 12:4 + 2 times; cstr. טָהֳרַת 1 Ch 23:28 2 Ch 30:19; sf. טָהֳרָתוֹ Lv 13:7 + 7 times;— purifying, menstruation Lv 12:4, 5. cleansing, purification, of leper Lv 13:7, 35; 14:2, 23, 32; of Nazirite Nu 6:9: from an issue Lv 15:13 (all P); from contact with the dead Ez 44:26; of sacred things in gen. 1 Ch 23:28; of persons for the passover 2 Ch 30:19; מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַטָּהֳרָה Ne 12:45 the charge, requirement of purification.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טׇהֳרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2893/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 44:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.26/)

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וְאַחֲרֵ֖י טָֽהֳרָת֑וֹ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים יִסְפְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and after purification his seven days people.will.count for him

*JPS 1917:* And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

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[Leviticus 13:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.35/)

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וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֥ה יִפְשֶׂ֛ה הַנֶּ֖תֶק בָּע֑וֹר אַחֲרֵ֖י טָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and if truly.(spread) it.will.spread the scall in the skin after purification his

*JPS 1917:* But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing,

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