טָמֵא
ta.me
1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
a. (Qal) to be or become unclean
1. sexually
2. religiously
3. ceremonially
b. (Niphal)
1. to defile oneself, be defiled
a. sexually
b. by idolatry
c. ceremonially
2. to be regarded as unclean
c. (Piel)
1. to defile
a. sexually
b. religiously
c. ceremonially
2. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
3. to profane (God's name)
d. (Pual) to be defiled
e. (Hithpael) to be unclean
f. (Hothpael) to be defiled
uncleanness
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 142 verses
- Genesis 34:5 טִמֵּא֙
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
- Genesis 34:13 טִמֵּ֔א
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
- Genesis 34:27 טִמְּא֖וּ
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- Leviticus 5:3 יִטְמָ֖א
Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.
- Leviticus 11:24 תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּיִטְמָ֥א
These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- Leviticus 11:25 וְטָמֵ֥א
and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 11:26 יִטְמָֽא׃
Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
- Leviticus 11:27 יִטְמָ֥א
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- Leviticus 11:28 וְטָמֵ֣א
and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
- Leviticus 11:31 יִטְמָ֥א
These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 11:32 יִטְמָ֗אוְטָמֵ֥א
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
- Leviticus 11:33 יִטְמָ֖א
If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
- Leviticus 11:34 יִטְמָ֑איִטְמָֽא׃
Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
- Leviticus 11:35 יִטְמָא֒
Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
- Leviticus 11:36 יִטְמָֽא׃
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
- Leviticus 11:39 יִטְמָ֥א
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 11:40 וְטָמֵ֣אוְטָמֵ֥א
Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 11:43 תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖ם
Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.
- Leviticus 11:44 תְטַמְּאוּ֙
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 12:2 וְטָֽמְאָה֙תִּטְמָֽא׃
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 12:5 וְטָמְאָ֥ה
If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
- Leviticus 13:3 וְטִמֵּ֥א
The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:8 וְטִמְּא֥וֹ
The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.
- Leviticus 13:11 וְטִמְּא֖וֹ
it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:14 יִטְמָֽא׃
But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.
- Leviticus 13:15 וְטִמְּא֑וֹ
When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.
- Leviticus 13:20 וְטִמְּא֧וֹ
The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
- Leviticus 13:22 וְטִמֵּ֧א
If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.
- Leviticus 13:25 וְטִמֵּ֤א
the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
- Leviticus 13:27 וְטִמֵּ֤א
On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
- Leviticus 13:30 וְטִמֵּ֨א
the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
- Leviticus 13:44 טַמֵּ֧איְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ
the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
- Leviticus 13:46 יִטְמָ֖א
As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Leviticus 13:59 לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃פ
This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”
- Leviticus 14:36 יִטְמָ֖א
The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
- Leviticus 14:46 יִטְמָ֖א
Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:4 יִטְמָ֑איִטְמָֽא׃
Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
- Leviticus 15:5 וְטָמֵ֥א
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:6 וְטָמֵ֥א
Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:7 וְטָמֵ֥א
Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:8 וְטָמֵ֥א
If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:9 יִטְמָֽא׃
Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.
- Leviticus 15:10 יִטְמָ֖אוְטָמֵ֥א
Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:11 וְטָמֵ֥א
If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:16 וְטָמֵ֥א
When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:17 וְטָמֵ֥א
Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:18 וְטָמְא֖וּ
If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:19 יִטְמָ֥א
When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:20 יִטְמָ֑איִטְמָֽא׃
Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
- Leviticus 15:21 וְטָמֵ֥א
and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.