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ṭāmēʾ טָמֵאAto defile, Buncleanness’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root
Variants: טָמֵא, טָמְאָה

ṭāmēʾ Av Bn, f
A1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean
  1a1) sexually
  1a2) religiously
  1a3) ceremonially
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to defile oneself, be defiled
1b1a) sexually
1b1b) by idolatry
1b1c) ceremonially
  1b2) to be regarded as unclean
 1c) (Piel)
  1c1) to defile
1c1a) sexually
1c1b) religiously
1c1c) ceremonially
  1c2) to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
  1c3) to profane (God's name)
 1d) (Pual) to be defiled
 1e) (Hithpael) to be unclean
 1f) (Hothpael) to be defiled
B1) uncleanness

Mentioned in Genesis 34:13, 34:27, 34:5 Codex Leviticus 21:11, 5:3, 22:5, 20:25, 21:1, 11:32, 13:30, 13:59, 15:23, 19:31, 17:15, 21:3, 14:36, 11:26, 13:44, 15:5, 15:16, 15:18, 15:24, 18:27, 20:3, 11:36, 11:34, 11:40, 22:6, 22:8, 11:39, 11:43, 18:24, 11:33, 12:2, 14:46, 18:20, 11:24, 11:31, 11:44, 18:30, 12:5, 13:22, 13:27, 11:27, 18:25, 18:28, 15:19, 18:23, 11:35, 13:46, 15:4, 15:6, 15:9, 15:10, 15:11, 15:17, 15:20, 15:22, 15:31, 15:32, 11:28, 13:3, 13:15, 13:25, 11:25, 15:7, 15:8, 15:21, 15:27, 21:4, 13:11, 13:14, 13:8, 13:20 Numbers 6:7, 19:11, 19:13, 19:14, 19:16, 5:14, 19:7, 5:13, 5:20, 5:27, 5:29, 19:20, 5:3, 5:28, 35:34, 19:10, 6:12, 19:22, 19:8, 19:21, 6:9 Deuteronomy 21:23, 24:4 2 Kings 23:8, 23:10, 23:16, 23:13 Isaiah 30:22 Jeremiah 2:23, 2:7, 7:30, 32:34 Ezekiel 20:18, 20:30, 22:11, 44:25, 36:17, 43:7, 4:14, 5:11, 14:11, 20:31, 22:3, 23:13, 23:30, 20:7, 33:26, 18:6, 18:11, 18:15, 43:8, 9:7, 23:17, 37:23, 20:26, 22:4, 36:18, 23:7, 20:43, 23:38 Hosea 9:4, 5:3, 6:10 Micah 2:10 Haggai 2:13 Psalms 79:1, 106:39 2 Chronicles 36:14

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