Lexical Definition

‎טָמָה‎ ṭâmâh (taw-maw') to defile ^H:V
a collateral form of ‎טָמֵא‎

be defiled, be reputed vile.

• to be impure in a religious sense

1) (Niphal) to be stopped up
1a) to be regarded as unclean (metaplastic)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎טָמָה‎] verb only Niph`al Perfect ‎נִטְמִינוּ‎ we are stopped up, stupid Job 18:3 so Thes MV Di De Zö (Aramaic ‎טַמֵּם‎, ‎טַמְטֵם‎ stop up (e.g. of ear or heart), , etc., and derivatives; Arabic fill or choke up); ᵑ9 Ew Hengst AV RV Da SS take it as metaplastic for ‎נִטְמֵאנוּ‎ we are regarded as unclean, see Ew^{§ 198 b} Kö^{i, 614}; ᵐ5 reads ‎נִדְמִינוּ‎ σεσιωπήκαμεν; ᵑ7 ‎טְמַעֲנָא‎.

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