Lexical Definition

‎טֹהַר‎ ṭôhar (to'-har) purity ^H:N-M
from ‎טָהֵר‎

clearness, glory, purifying.

• literally brightness
• ceremonially purification

1) purity, purification, purifying
1a) purity
1b) purifying
2) clearness, lustre

See Greek: καθαρότης

Extended Information

• clearness, lustre

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טֹּ֫הַר‎ noun [masculine] purity, purifying —

1. purity, ‎כְּעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לָטֹּ֫הַר‎ Exod 24:10 (JE), as the body of heavens for purity.

2. suffix ‎יְמֵי טָהֳרָהּ‎ Lev 12:4; Lev 12:6 the days of her purifying (menstruation).

[‎טֳהָר‎] (see Ges^{«GKC:10»§ 10}. 2. B), or [‎טְהָר‎] (Ol^{§ 173 b} Bö^{§ 386}), noun [masculine] clearness, lustre (dubious word; below ‎טֹהַר‎ Hup Pe SS; so Thes, reading ‎מִטָּהֳרוֺ‎) — only ‎הִשְׁבַּתָּ מִטֳּהָרוֺ‎ Ps 89:45* De Hup Pe Sch thou hast made (him) to cease from his lustre; ᵑ6 ᵑ9 made his lustre to cease, so AE Ki and others reading noun ‎מִטְהָרוֺ‎ or ‎מִטְּהָרוֺ‎ (dagesh forte according to Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}. 2. 2 b), and Schr^{SK 1868, 642} who reads ‎הִשְׁבַּתָּה טְהָרוֺ‎; Gr proposes ‎עטרתוֺ‎ his crown; Bae ‎מַטֶּה מִיָּדוֺ‎ sceptre from his hand.

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