{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2930",
  "lemma": "טָמֵא",
  "transliteration": "ṭâmêʼ",
  "definition": "to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)",
  "kjv": "defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.",
  "occurrences": 162,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "טָמֵא vb. be or become unclean",
    "Qal be or become unclean",
    "Niph. defile oneself, be defiled",
    "Pi. defile",
    "Pu. myself is not polluted",
    "Hithp.—reflexive, defile oneself",
    "Hothp. after that she has been defiled",
    "טָמְאָה n.f",
    "טָמְאָה n.f. uncleanness Mi 2:10"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:5",
      "text": "Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:13",
      "text": "The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:27",
      "text": "Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 5:3",
      "text": "“‘Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 11:24",
      "text": "“‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 11:25",
      "text": "Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 11:26",
      "text": "“‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 11:27",
      "text": "Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 11:28",
      "text": "He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 11:31",
      "text": "These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=31"
    }
  ],
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