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title: טֻמְאָה — uncleanness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֻמְאָה (2932), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: uncleanness. BDB 1906: n.f. uncleanness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֻמְאָה

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«טֻמְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **uncleanness** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 2932 · **BDB:** טֻמְאָה

### Glosses

uncleanness (24); her.uncleanness (3); the.uncleanness (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

uncleanness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2932/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. uncleanness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2932/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. uncleanness;—abs. ט׳ Nu 5:19 + 4 times; cstr. טֻמְאַת Lv 5:3 + 4 times; sf. טֻמְאָתֵךְ Ez 22:15 + 2 times etc., + 18 times sfs.; pl. טֻמְאֹת Lv 16:16, 19; sf. טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶם Ez 36:25, 29; טֻמְאֹתָם Lv 16:16;— sexual Nu 5:19 (P), La 1:9. of a foul or filthy mass Ez 24:11 (in a caldron), 2 Ch 29:16 (in the temple). ethical and religious Lv 16:16 (P), Ez 22:15; 24:13; 39:24; כפר על הקדשׁ מט׳ Lv 16:16 (P); קדּשׁ מט׳ Lv 16:19 (P); טהר מט׳ Ez 24:13; 36:25; הושׁיע מכל ט׳ 36:29; רוּחַ הט׳ unclean spirit, which inspired the prophets to lie Zc 13:2. ritual, of men Lv 5:3(×2); 7:20, 21; 14:19; 15:3(×2), 31(×2) Nu 19:13 (all P), Lv 22:3, 5 (H); of women 2 S 11:4; וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ וְהִיא מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ v. Dr; a time favourable to conception RSK 276; Lv 15:25, 26, 30 (P), 18:19 (H), Ez 36:17; of meats Ju 13:7, 14. local, of the nations Ezr 6:21; 9:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֻמְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2932/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 18:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.19/)

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וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנִדַּ֣ת טֻמְאָתָ֑הּ לֹ֣א תִקְרַ֔ב לְגַלּ֖וֹת עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and to a.woman in the.menstruous.impurity her.uncleanness her not you.will.draw.near to uncover nakedness her

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

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[Ezekiel 39:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.39.24/)

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כְּטֻמְאָתָ֥ם וּכְפִשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם עָשִׂ֣יתִי אֹתָ֑ם וָאַסְתִּ֥ר פָּנַ֖י מֵהֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* according to their.uncleanness and according to their.transgressions I.have.dealt with them and I.hid face my from them

*JPS 1917:* According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid My face from them.

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