טָמֵא

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ט 3 Mos 11,25 + 22 t.; 3 feminine singular טָֽמְאָה 3 Mos 12,2 + 2 t.; 2 feminine singular טָמֵאת Ezk 22,4 plural טָֽמְאוּ 3 Mos 15,18 Imperfect יִטְמָא 3 Mos 5,3 + 34 t.; 3 feminine singular תִּטְמָא 3 Mos 12,2 + 4 t.; plural יִטְמְאוּ Sl 106,39 Infinitive טָמְאָה 3 Mos 15,32 + 6 t.; — be or become unclean:

1. sexually, with בְּ 3 Mos 18,20; 3 Mos 18,23 (H), Ezk 23,17 the land 3 Mos 18,25; 3 Mos 18,27 (H).

2. religiously, with idols Ezk 22,3 with בְ vEzk 22,4 with necromancers 3 Mos 19,31 (H); by sacrificing children to idols Sl 106,39.

3. ceremonially, by contact with carcasses of unclean animals 3 Mos 11,24; 3 Mos 11,27; 3 Mos 11,28; 3 Mos 11,31; 3 Mos 11,32; 3 Mos 11,33; 3 Mos 11,34 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 11,35; 3 Mos 11,36; 3 Mos 11,40 (P); any carcass 3 Mos 17,15 (H); eating of a carcass 3 Mos 22,8 (H); by issues 3 Mos 15,4; 3 Mos 15,9; 3 Mos 15,20 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 15,24; 3 Mos 15,27; 3 Mos 15,32 (P); by contact with an unclean man 3 Mos 5,3; 3 Mos 15,4 (P), 3 Mos 22,5 (H), or thing 3 Mos 22,6 (H); by leprosy 3 Mos 13,14; 3 Mos 13,46; 3 Mos 14,36; 3 Mos 14,46 (P); by contact with the dead 4 Mos 6,12; 4 Mos 19,20 (P), Ezk 44,25, or with one unclean by such contact 4 Mos 19,22 (P), Hag 2,13 (twice in verse); by contact with creeping things 3 Mos 22,5 (H); certain animals were always unclean 3 Mos 11,26; 3 Mos 11,27 (P). In ordinary cases of uncleanness טמא עד הערב unclean till even 3 Mos 11,24; 3 Mos 11,25; 3 Mos 11,27; 3 Mos 11,28; 3 Mos 11,31; 3 Mos 11,32; 3 Mos 11,39; 3 Mos 11,40 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 14,46; 3 Mos 15,5; 3 Mos 15,6; 3 Mos 15,7; 3 Mos 15,8; 3 Mos 15,10 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 15,11; 3 Mos 15,16; 3 Mos 15,17; 3 Mos 15,18; 3 Mos 15,19; 3 Mos 15,21; 3 Mos 15,22; 3 Mos 15,23; 3 Mos 15,27; 4 Mos 19,7; 4 Mos 19,8; 4 Mos 19,10; 4 Mos 19,21; 4 Mos 19,22 (all P), 3 Mos 17,15; 3 Mos 22,6 (H); but uncleanness lasted 7 days for woman bearings a son 3 Mos 12,2 (twice in verse) (P), for lying with woman having an issue 3 Mos 15,24 (P), or one coming in contact with the dead 4 Mos 19,11; 4 Mos 19,14; 4 Mos 19,16 (P); it lasted 14 days for a woman bearing a daughter 3 Mos 12,5 (P). Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִטְמָא Hos 5,3; Hos 6,10 3 feminine singular נִטְמְאָה 4 Mos 5,27; 4 Mos 5,28 נִטְמָ֑אָה 4 Mos 5,13 + 5 t.; 1 singular נִטְמֵאתִי Jer 2,23 2 masculine plural נִטְמֵתֶם 3 Mos 11,43 (א omitted by scribal error; but Ges and others derive from טמה), etc. + 4 t. perfect; Participle plural נִטְמְאִים Ezk 20,30; Ezk 20,31 — defile oneself, be defiled:

1. sexually, 3 Mos 18,24 (H), 4 Mos 5,13; 4 Mos 5,14 (twice in verse); 4 Mos 5,20; 4 Mos 5,27; 4 Mos 5,28; 4 Mos 5,29 (P).

2. by idolatry conceived as whoredom Hos 5,3; Hos 6,10; Jer 2,23; Ezk 20,30; Ezk 20,31; Ezk 20,43; Ezk 23,7; Ezk 23,13; Ezk 23,30.

3. ceremonially, by eating creeping things 3 Mos 11,43.

4. be regarded as unclean (compare Pi`el 4), probably נִטְמִינִוּ Job 18,3 we are accounted as unclean; metal. from; on another view see טמה. Pi`el Perfect טִמֵּא 1 Mos 34,5 + 15 t.; suffix טִמְּאוֺ 3 Mos 13,8 + 3 t.; 2 feminine singular טִמֵּאת Ezk 5,11, etc. + 7 t. Perfect; Imperfect יְטַמֵּא 2 Kong 23,8, etc. + 12 t. Imperfect; Imperative plural טַמְּאוּ Ezk 9,7 Infinitive טַמֵּא 3 Mos 13,44 + 2 t.; suffix טַמְּאָם 3 Mos 15,31, etc. + 4 t. Infinitive; — defile:

1. sexually 1 Mos 34,5; 1 Mos 34,13; 1 Mos 34,27 (R), Ezk 18,6; Ezk 18,11; Ezk 18,15; Ezk 22,11; Ezk 33,26 the land by sexual impurities of the people 3 Mos 18,28 (H); Israel by spiritual whoredom Ezk 23,17.

2. religiously: the land by bloodshed 4 Mos 35,34 (P); by allowing the dead body of the murderer to hang on the tree over night 5 Mos 21,23 by idolatry Jer 2,7; Ezk 36,17; Ezk 36,18 Israel defiled the sacred places by the sacrifice of children 3 Mos 20,3 (H), Ezk 23,38, and God defiled him thereby Ezk 20,26 he defileth the sacred places by idolatry 2 Kron 36,14; Jer 7,30 = Jer 32,34, Ezk 5,11 the holy name of ׳י Ezk 43,7; Ezk 43,8 Josiah defiled the idolatrous places of worship by destroying them and making them unfit for use 2 Kong 23,8; 2 Kong 23,10; 2 Kong 23,13; 2 Kong 23,16 of Israel defiling idolatrous images Es 30,22, and the nations the temple of God Sl 79,1.

3. ceremonially: by ceremonial uncleanness, the sacred places 3 Mos 15,31; 4 Mos 19,13; 4 Mos 19,20 (P); the camp 4 Mos 5,3 (P); the temple by dead bodies Ezk 9,7 the Nazirite's head of separation by a death occurring in his presence 4 Mos 6,9 (P); the people defile themselves (נפשׁתיכם) by creeping things 3 Mos 11,44 (P).

4. pronounce or declare ceremonially unclean: the leper 3 Mos 13,3; 3 Mos 13,8; 3 Mos 13,11; 3 Mos 13,15; 3 Mos 13,20; 3 Mos 13,22; 3 Mos 13,25; 3 Mos 13,27; 3 Mos 13,30; 3 Mos 13,44 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 13,59 (P); unclean animals 3 Mos 20,25 (H). Pu`al Participle נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה Ezk 4,14 myself is not polluted. Hithpa`el Imperfect יִטַּמָּא 3 Mos 21,1 + 4 t.; plural יִטַּמְּאוּ Ezk 14,11; Ezk 37,23 יִטַּמָּ֑אוּ Hos 9,4; Ezk 44,25, etc. + 6 t. Imperfect — reflexive, defile oneself: by eating of an unaccepted peace-offering Hos 9,4 with בְּ 3 Mos 18,24; 3 Mos 18,30 (H), 3 Mos 11,43 (P), Ezk 14,11; Ezk 20,7; Ezk 20,18; Ezk 37,23 with לְ for a dead person 3 Mos 21,1; 3 Mos 21,3; 3 Mos 21,11 (H), 4 Mos 6,7 (P); by 3 Mos 11,24 (P); without preposition 3 Mos 21,4 (H), Ezk 44,25. Hothpa`al Perfect אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר חֻטַּמָּ֑אָה 5 Mos 24,4 after that she has been defiled (sexually); on form see Ges^{«GKC:54»§ 54}. 3.