1) 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
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H2930 — טָמֵא
ta.me · to defile · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 34:5 · טִמֵּא֙Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.Genesis 34:13 · טִמֵּ֔אBut because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.Genesis 34:27 · טִמְּא֖וּJacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.Leviticus 5:3 · יִטְמָ֖אOr if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.Leviticus 11:24 · תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ · יִטְמָ֥אThese creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,Leviticus 11:25 · וְטָמֵ֥אand whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 11:26 · יִטְמָֽא׃Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.Leviticus 11:27 · יִטְמָ֥אAll the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,Leviticus 11:28 · וְטָמֵ֣אand anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.Leviticus 11:31 · יִטְמָ֥אThese animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.Leviticus 11:32 · יִטְמָ֗א · וְטָמֵ֥אWhen one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.Leviticus 11:33 · יִטְמָ֖אIf any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.Leviticus 11:34 · יִטְמָ֑א · יִטְמָֽא׃Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.Leviticus 11:35 · יִטְמָא֒Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.Leviticus 11:36 · יִטְמָֽא׃Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.Leviticus 11:39 · יִטְמָ֥אIf an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 11:40 · וְטָמֵ֣א · וְטָמֵ֥אWhoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 11:43 · תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙ · וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖םDo not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.Leviticus 11:44 · תְטַמְּאוּ֙For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.Leviticus 12:2 · וְטָֽמְאָה֙ · תִּטְמָֽא׃“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.Leviticus 12:5 · וְטָמְאָ֥הIf, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.Leviticus 13:3 · וְטִמֵּ֥אThe priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.Leviticus 13:8 · וְטִמְּא֥וֹThe priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease.Leviticus 13:11 · וְטִמְּא֖וֹit is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.Leviticus 13:14 · יִטְמָֽא׃But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.Leviticus 13:15 · וְטִמְּא֑וֹWhen the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.Leviticus 13:20 · וְטִמְּא֧וֹThe priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.Leviticus 13:22 · וְטִמֵּ֧אIf it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.Leviticus 13:25 · וְטִמֵּ֤אthe priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.Leviticus 13:27 · וְטִמֵּ֤אOn the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.Leviticus 13:30 · וְטִמֵּ֨אthe priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.Leviticus 13:44 · טַמֵּ֧א · יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּthe man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.Leviticus 13:46 · יִטְמָ֖אAs long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.Leviticus 13:59 · לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃ פThis is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”Leviticus 14:36 · יִטְמָ֖אThe priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.Leviticus 14:46 · יִטְמָ֖אAnyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:4 · יִטְמָ֑א · יִטְמָֽא׃Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.Leviticus 15:5 · וְטָמֵ֥אAnyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:6 · וְטָמֵ֥אWhoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:7 · וְטָמֵ֥אWhoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:8 · וְטָמֵ֥אIf the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:9 · יִטְמָֽא׃Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.Leviticus 15:10 · יִטְמָ֖א · וְטָמֵ֥אWhoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:11 · וְטָמֵ֥אIf the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:16 · וְטָמֵ֥אWhen a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:17 · וְטָמֵ֥אAny clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:18 · וְטָמְא֖וּIf a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:19 · יִטְמָ֥אWhen a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:20 · יִטְמָ֑א · יִטְמָֽא׃Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,Leviticus 15:21 · וְטָמֵ֥אand anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:22 · וְטָמֵ֥אWhoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:23 · יִטְמָ֖אAnd whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:24 · וְטָמֵ֖א · יִטְמָֽא׃ פIf a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.Leviticus 15:27 · יִטְמָ֑א · וְטָמֵ֥אAnyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 15:31 · בְּטַמְּאָ֥םYou must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.Leviticus 15:32 · לְטָמְאָה־This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,Leviticus 17:15 · וְטָמֵ֥אAnd any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.Leviticus 18:20 · לְטָמְאָה־You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.Leviticus 18:23 · לְטָמְאָה־You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.Leviticus 18:24 · תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ · נִטְמְא֣וּDo not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.Leviticus 18:25 · וַתִּטְמָ֣אEven the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.Leviticus 18:27 · וַתִּטְמָ֖אFor the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.Leviticus 18:28 · בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖םSo if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.Leviticus 18:30 · תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּYou must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Leviticus 19:31 · לְטָמְאָ֣הYou must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 20:3 · טַמֵּא֙And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.Leviticus 20:25 · לְטַמֵּֽא׃You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.Leviticus 21:1 · יִטַּמָּ֖אThen the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,Leviticus 21:3 · יִטַּמָּֽא׃or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.Leviticus 21:4 · יִטַּמָּ֖אHe is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.Leviticus 21:11 · יִטַּמָּֽא׃He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.Leviticus 22:5 · יִטְמָא־ · יִטְמָא־or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—Leviticus 22:6 · וְטָמְאָ֖הthe man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.Leviticus 22:8 · לְטָמְאָה־He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.Numbers 5:3 · יְטַמְּאוּ֙You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”Numbers 5:13 · נִטְמָ֑אָהby sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),Numbers 5:14 · נִטְמָ֑אָה · נִטְמָֽאָה׃and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—Numbers 5:20 · נִטְמֵ֑אתBut if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—Numbers 5:27 · נִטְמְאָה֮When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.Numbers 5:28 · נִטְמְאָה֙But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.Numbers 5:29 · וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,Numbers 6:7 · יִטַּמָּ֥אEven if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.Numbers 6:9 · וְטִמֵּ֖אIf someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.Numbers 6:12 · טָמֵ֖אHe must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.Numbers 19:7 · וְטָמֵ֥אThen the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.Numbers 19:8 · וְטָמֵ֖אThe one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.Numbers 19:10 · וְטָמֵ֖אThe man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.Numbers 19:11 · וְטָמֵ֖אWhoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.Numbers 19:13 · טִמֵּ֔אAnyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.Numbers 19:14 · יִטְמָ֖אThis is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,Numbers 19:16 · יִטְמָ֖אAnyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.Numbers 19:20 · יִטְמָא֙ · טִמֵּ֗אBut if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.Numbers 19:21 · יִטְמָ֖אThis is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.Numbers 19:22 · יִטְמָ֑א · תִּטְמָ֥אAnything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”Numbers 35:34 · תְטַמֵּ֣אDo not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”Deuteronomy 21:23 · תְטַמֵּא֙you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.Deuteronomy 24:4 · הֻטַּמָּ֔אָהthen the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.2 Kings 23:8 · וַיְטַמֵּ֣אThen Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.2 Kings 23:10 · וְטִמֵּ֣אHe also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.2 Kings 23:13 · טִמֵּ֖אThe king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.2 Kings 23:16 · וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּAnd as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.2 Chronicles 36:14 · וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.Psalm 79:1 · טִ֭מְּאוּA Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.Psalm 106:39 · וַיִּטְמְא֥וּThey defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.Isaiah 30:22 · וְטִמֵּאתֶ֗םSo you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”Jeremiah 2:7 · וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּI brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.Jeremiah 2:23 · נִטְמֵ֗אתִי“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,Jeremiah 7:30 · לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.Jeremiah 32:34 · לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.Hosea 5:3 · נִטְמָ֖אI know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.Hosea 6:10 · נִטְמָ֖אIn the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.Hosea 9:4 · יִטַמָּ֑אוּThey will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.Micah 2:10 · טָמְאָ֛הArise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!Haggai 2:13 · הֲיִטְמָ֑א · יִטְמָֽא׃So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.