Lexicon / H2930a
טָמֵא
ta.me
  • to defile
  • be
  • become unclean

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to defile

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: be; become unclean

Root √טמא: טָמֵא vb be become unclean Qal be become unclean or Niph defile oneself be defiled . Pi defile . Pu myself is not polluted . Hithp defile oneself .—reflexive, Hothp after that she has been defiled . .or

טָמֵא vb be become unclean Qal be become unclean or Niph defile oneself be defiled . Pi defile . Pu myself is not polluted . Hithp defile oneself .—reflexive, Hothp after that she has been defiled . .or