Lexical Definition

‎טָמֵא‎ ṭâmêʼ (taw-may') unclean ^H:A
from ‎טָמֵא‎

defiled, [phrase] infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.

• foul in a religious sense

1) unclean, impure
1a) ethically and religiously
1b) ritually
1c) of places

See Greek: ἀκαθαρσία · ἀκάθαρτος · ῥύπος · Τιμαῖος · Βαρτιμαῖος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎טָמֵא‎ adjective unclean; — ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Lev 5:2 + 58 t.; construct ‎טְמֵא‎ Lev 22:4 + 3 t.; feminine ‎טְמֵאָה‎ Lev 5:2 + 11 t.; construct ‎טְמֵאַת‎ Ezek 22:5; Ezek 22:10 plural ‎טְמֵאִים‎ Lev 11:8 + 10 t.; — unclean,

1. ethically and religiously ‎שׂפתים‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Isa 6:5 (twice in verse) unclean of lips; ‎השׁם‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Ezek 22:5 defiled of name, infamous; ‎׳‎‎טהור מִטּ‎ Job 14:4.

2. ritually:
a. of persons, || ‎טהור‎ Deut 12:15; Deut 12:22; Deut 15:22; Eccl 9:2 ‎נפשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Lev 22:4 (H); (‎אדם‎) ‎לנפשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ unclean for a (dead) person Num 5:2; Num 9:6; Num 9:7; Num 9:10 (P) = ‎נפשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Hag 2:13 elsewhere for various reasons Deut 26:14; Lev 5:2; Lev 13:11; Lev 13:16; Lev 13:44; Lev 13:45 (twice in verse); Lev 13:46; Lev 15:2; Lev 15:25; Lev 15:33; Num 19:13; Num 19:17; Num 19:19; Num 19:20; Num 19:22 (all P), 2Chr 23:19; Isa 64:5*; Ezek 4:13; Ezek 22:10; Lam 4:15.
b. of animals Lev 5:2 (4 t. in verse); Lev 7:21 (twice in verse); Lev 11:4; Lev 11:5; Lev 11:6; Lev 11:7; Lev 11:8; Lev 11:26; Lev 11:27; Lev 11:28; Lev 11:29; Lev 11:31; Lev 27:11; Lev 27:27; Num 18:15 (all P), Lev 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deut 14:7; Deut 14:8; Deut 14:10; Deut 14:19.
c. of things in gen. Lev 11:35 (twice in verse); Lev 11:38; Lev 15:26; Num 19:15 (all P), Isa 52:11 food Judg 13:4; Hos 9:3 houses Jer 19:13 leprosy Lev 13:15; Lev 13:51; Lev 13:55; Lev 14:44; Lev 14:57 (P); offering Hag 2:14.
d. persons and things in general ‎כל טמא‎ Lev 7:19; Lev 7:21 (P); ‎ובין הטהור‎ ‎׳‎‎הבדיל בין הט‎ Lev 10:10; Lev 11:47 ‎לטהור‎ ‎׳‎‎הודיע בין (ה)ט‎ Ezek 22:26; Ezek 44:23 of aliens Isa 52:1 (|| ‎עָרֵל‎), perhaps also Isa 35:8.

3. specifically of places: ‎׳‎‎מקום ט‎ unclean place (place of refuse away from holy place and human habitation) Lev 14:40; Lev 14:41; Lev 14:45 (P); ‎טמאה ארץ‎ land on the east of the Jordan separated from the land of the tabernacle of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Josh 22:19 (P); so ‎׳‎‎אדמה ט‎ a foreign land Amos 7:17.

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