† I. טָמֵא verb be or 
become unclean (Late Hebrew Pi. 
pollute (ceremonially); Aramaic 
טְמָא and especially derivatives, 

 Pa. 
pollute; see RS
K 307 ff.) — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ט׳ Leviticus 11:25 + 
22 times; 
3rd person feminine singular טָֽמְאָה Leviticus 12:2 + 
2 times; 
2nd person feminine singular טָמֵאת Ezekiel 22:4; plural 
טָֽמְאוּ Leviticus 15:18; 
Imperfect יִטְמָא Leviticus 5:3 + 
34 times; 
3rd person feminine singular תִּטְמָא Leviticus 12:2 + 
4 times; plural 
יִטְמְאוּ Psalm 106:39; 
Infinitive טָמְאָה Leviticus 15:32 + 
6 times; — 
be or 
become unclean: 
    3. ceremonially, by contact with carcasses of unclean animals 
Leviticus 11:24, 
27, 
28, 
31, 
32, 
33, 
34 (twice in verse); 
Leviticus 11:35, 
36, 
40 (P); any carcass 
Leviticus 17:15 (H); eating of a carcass 
Leviticus 22:8 (H); by issues 
Leviticus 15:4, 
9, 
20 (twice in verse); 
Leviticus 15:24, 
27, 
32 (P); by contact with an unclean man 
Leviticus 5:3; 
Leviticus 15:4 (P), 
Leviticus 22:5 (H), or thing 
Leviticus 22:6 (H); by leprosy 
Leviticus 13:14, 
46; 
Leviticus 14:36, 
46 (P); by contact with the dead 
Numbers 6:12; 
Numbers 19:20 (P), 
Ezekiel 44:25, or with one unclean by such contact 
Numbers 19:22 (P), 
Haggai 2:13 (twice in verse); by contact with creeping things 
Leviticus 22:5 (H); certain animals were always unclean 
Leviticus 11:26, 
27 (P). In ordinary cases of uncleanness 
טמא עד הערב unclean till even Leviticus 11:24, 
25, 
27, 
28, 
31, 
32, 
39, 
40 (twice in verse); 
Leviticus 14:46; 
Leviticus 15:5; 
Leviticus 15:6; 
Leviticus 15:7; 
Leviticus 15:8; 
Leviticus 15:10 (twice in verse); 
Leviticus 15:11, 
16, 
17, 
18, 
19, 
21, 
22, 
23, 
27; 
Numbers 19:7; 
Numbers 19:8; 
Numbers 19:10; 
Numbers 19:21; 
Numbers 19:22 (all P), 
Leviticus 17:15; 
Leviticus 22:6 (H); but uncleanness lasted 7 days for woman bearings a son 
Leviticus 12:2 (twice in verse) (P), for lying with woman having an issue 
Leviticus 15:24 (P), or one coming in contact with the dead 
Numbers 19:11, 
14, 
16 (P); it lasted 14 days for a woman bearing a daughter 
Leviticus 12:5 (P).
 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִטְמָא Hosea 5:3; 
Hosea 6:10; 
3rd person feminine singular נִטְמְאָה Numbers 5:27, 
28; 
נִטְמָ֑אָה Numbers 5:13 + 
5 times; 
1st person singular נִטְמֵאתִי Jeremiah 2:23; 
2nd person masculine plural נִטְמֵתֶם Leviticus 11:43 (
א omitted by scribal error; but Ges and others derive from 
טמה), etc. + 
4 times perfect; 
Participle plural 
נִטְמְאִים Ezekiel 20:30, 
31; — 
defile oneself, be defiled: 
    4. be regarded as unclean (compare 
Pi. 4), probably 
נִטְמִינִוּ Job 18:3 we are accounted as unclean; metal. from; on another view see 
טמה.
 
Pi. Perfect טִמֵּא Genesis 34:5 + 
15 times; suffix 
טִמְּאוֺ Leviticus 13:8 + 
3 times; 
2nd person feminine singular טִמֵּאת Ezekiel 5:11, etc. + 
7 times Perfect; 
Imperfect יְטַמֵּא 2 Kings 23:8, etc. + 
12 times Imperfect; 
Imperative plural 
טַמְּאוּ Ezekiel 9:7; 
Infinitive טַמֵּא Leviticus 13:44 + 
2 times; suffix 
טַמְּאָם Leviticus 15:31, etc. + 
4 times Infinitive; — 
defile: 
Pu. Participle נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה Ezekiel 4:14 myself is not polluted. 
Hithp. Imperfect יִטַּמָּא Leviticus 21:1 + 
4 times; plural 
יִטַּמְּאוּ Ezekiel 14:11; 
Ezekiel 37:23; 
יִטַּמָּ֑אוּ Hosea 9:4; 
Ezekiel 44:25, etc. + 
6 times Imperfect — reflexive, 
defile oneself: by eating of an unaccepted peace-offering 
Hosea 9:4; with 
בְּ Leviticus 18:24, 
30 (H), 
Leviticus 11:43 (P), 
Ezekiel 14:11; 
Ezekiel 20:7, 
18; 
Ezekiel 37:23; with 
לְ for a dead person 
Leviticus 21:1, 
3, 
11 (H), 
Numbers 6:7 (P); 
by Leviticus 11:24 (P); without preposition 
Leviticus 21:4 (H), 
Ezekiel 44:25. 
Hothp. Perfect אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר חֻטַּמָּ֑אָה Deuteronomy 24:4 after that she has been defiled (sexually); on form see Ges
§ 54. 3. 
† 
טָמְאָה noun feminine uncleanness (
טָֽמְאָה, Baer, seems to rest upon a misinterpretation of the form) 
Micah 2:10 (so Thes MV SS); of ethical uncleanness, from wrong-doing.
														
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