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Hebrew verb · H2930

טָמֵא

tametaw-may'

to defile; uncleanness

162 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ṭâmêʼ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2930is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 103
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2930

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

The King James renders it: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

tame is rendered "to defile; uncleanness". It stands 162 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Eighty-five of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to defile".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 34:5Jacob 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.
  • The Greek text spells it 103 different ways.

The first use

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 34:5טִמֵּא֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eighty-five of the word's 162 uses are in Leviticus.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to defile, and uncleanness.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to defileStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 34:5Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah…
uncleannessStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he will be unclean20
  • he will be unclean18
  • it will be unclean14
  • and he will declare unclean5
  • he will make himself unclean5
  • she has made herself unclean5
  • and he will declare unclean him4
  • he has defiled4
  • they will make themselves unclean4
  • to become unclean4
  • and it will be unclean3
  • to be unclean3

and 58 more, 162 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

טָמֵאtameuncleanUses88

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 162, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

103 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וְטָמֵ֥א16
  • יִטְמָ֖א10
  • יִטְמָֽא׃8
  • יִטְמָ֥א5
  • יִטְמָ֑א5
  • וְטָמֵ֖א4
  • לְטָמְאָה־4
  • טִמֵּ֔א3
  • נִטְמָ֑אָה3
  • וְטִמֵּ֤א2
  • וְטָמֵ֣א2
  • טִמֵּֽא׃2

and 91 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular34HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms22Hc/Vqq3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular9HVpp3ms
  • Hc/Vpq3ms7Hc/Vpq3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)7HR/Vqcc
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular7HVNp3fs
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVti3ms
  • Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp3ms4Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp3ms
  • Hc/Vpw3mp3Hc/Vpw3mp
  • Hc/Vqq3fs3Hc/Vqq3fs
  • Hc/Vqw3fs3Hc/Vqw3fs
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Vpcc/Sp3ms

Genesis

three uses
  • 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 34:5

    • טִמֵּא֙time'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had defiled
  • But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

    Genesis 34:13

    • טִמֵּ֔אtime'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had defiled
  • Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

    Genesis 34:27

    • טִמְּא֖וּtimeuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people had defiled

Leviticus

eighty-five uses
  • 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 5:3

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

    Leviticus 11:24

    • תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּtitamauverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will make yourselves unclean
    • יִטְמָ֥אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 11:25

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • 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 11:26

    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

    Leviticus 11:27

    • יִטְמָ֥אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

    Leviticus 11:28

    • וְטָמֵ֣אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 11:31

    • יִטְמָ֥אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • 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 11:32

    • יִטְמָ֗אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be unclean
  • If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

    Leviticus 11:33

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

    Leviticus 11:34

    • יִטְמָ֑אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • 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 11:35

    • יִטְמָא֒yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

    Leviticus 11:36

    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 11:39

    • יִטְמָ֥אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • 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 11:40

    • וְטָמֵ֣אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

    Leviticus 11:43

    • תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙titameuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must make yourselves unclean
    • וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖םvenitmetemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will make yourselves unclean
  • 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 11:44

    • תְטַמְּאוּ֙tetameuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must make unclean
  • “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 12:2

    • וְטָֽמְאָה֙vetameahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will be unclean
    • תִּטְמָֽא׃titma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will be unclean
  • 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 12:5

    • וְטָמְאָ֥הvetameahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will be unclean
  • 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 13:3

    • וְטִמֵּ֥אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will declare unclean
  • 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 13:8

    • וְטִמְּא֥וֹvetimeoHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will declare unclean him
  • it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.

    Leviticus 13:11

    • וְטִמְּא֖וֹvetimeoHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will declare unclean him
  • But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.

    Leviticus 13:14

    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.

    Leviticus 13:15

    • וְטִמְּא֑וֹvetimeoHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will declare unclean him
  • 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 13:20

    • וְטִמְּא֧וֹvetimeoHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will declare unclean him
  • If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.

    Leviticus 13:22

    • וְטִמֵּ֧אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will declare unclean
  • 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 13:25

    • וְטִמֵּ֤אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will declare unclean
  • 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 13:27

    • וְטִמֵּ֤אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will declare unclean
  • 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 13:30

    • וְטִמֵּ֨אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will declare unclean
  • the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.

    Leviticus 13:44

    • טַמֵּ֧אtame'verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: surely declare unclean
    • יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּyetammeenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will declare unclean him
  • As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

    Leviticus 13:46

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • 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 13:59

    • לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃ פletameopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to declare unclean it
  • 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 14:36

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 14:46

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

    Leviticus 15:4

    • יִטְמָ֑אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:5

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • 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 15:6

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • 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 15:7

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • 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 15:8

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.

    Leviticus 15:9

    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • 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 15:10

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • 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 15:11

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:16

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • 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 15:17

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be unclean
  • 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 15:18

    • וְטָמְא֖וּvetameuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be unclean
  • 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 15:19

    • יִטְמָ֥אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

    Leviticus 15:20

    • יִטְמָ֑אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:21

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:22

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:23

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.

    Leviticus 15:24

    • וְטָמֵ֖אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
    • יִטְמָֽא׃ פyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

    Leviticus 15:27

    • יִטְמָ֑אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

    Leviticus 15:31

    • בְּטַמְּאָ֥םbetameampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: because make unclean they
  • This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

    Leviticus 15:32

    • לְטָמְאָה־letameah-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be unclean
  • And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

    Leviticus 17:15

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

    Leviticus 18:20

    • לְטָמְאָה־letameah-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be unclean
  • You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

    Leviticus 18:23

    • לְטָמְאָה־letameah-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be unclean
  • Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

    Leviticus 18:24

    • תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּtitameuverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you defile yourselves
    • נִטְמְא֣וּnitmeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have made themselves unclean
  • Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

    Leviticus 18:25

    • וַתִּטְמָ֣אvatitma'Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it became unclean
  • For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.

    Leviticus 18:27

    • וַתִּטְמָ֖אvatitma'Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it became unclean
  • So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

    Leviticus 18:28

    • בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖םbetamaakhempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: when make unclean you
  • You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”

    Leviticus 18:30

    • תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּtitameuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will make yourselves unclean
  • You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:31

    • לְטָמְאָ֣הletameahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become unclean
  • And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

    Leviticus 20:3

    • טַמֵּא֙tame'verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make unclean
  • You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

    Leviticus 20:25

    • לְטַמֵּֽא׃letame'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to declare unclean
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

    Leviticus 21:1

    • יִטַּמָּ֖אyitama'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make himself unclean
  • or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

    Leviticus 21:3

    • יִטַּמָּֽא׃yitama'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make himself unclean
  • He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

    Leviticus 21:4

    • יִטַּמָּ֖אyitama'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make himself unclean
  • He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

    Leviticus 21:11

    • יִטַּמָּֽא׃yitama'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make himself unclean
  • or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

    Leviticus 22:5

    • יִטְמָא־yitma'-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is unclean
    • יִטְמָא־yitma'-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is unclean
  • the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

    Leviticus 22:6

    • וְטָמְאָ֖הvetameahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be unclean
  • He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 22:8

    • לְטָמְאָה־letameah-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become unclean

Numbers

twenty-four uses
  • You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

    Numbers 5:3

    • יְטַמְּאוּ֙yetameuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will make unclean
  • by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

    Numbers 5:13

    • נִטְמָ֑אָהnitmaahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has made herself unclean
  • and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

    Numbers 5:14

    • נִטְמָ֑אָהnitmaahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has made herself unclean
    • נִטְמָֽאָה׃nitmaahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has made herself unclean
  • But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

    Numbers 5:20

    • נִטְמֵ֑אתnitmetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have made yourself unclean
  • When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

    Numbers 5:27

    • נִטְמְאָה֮nitmeahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has made herself unclean
  • But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

    Numbers 5:28

    • נִטְמְאָה֙nitmeahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has made herself unclean
  • This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

    Numbers 5:29

    • וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃venitmaahHc/VNq3fstagged: and she will make herself unclean
  • Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head.

    Numbers 6:7

    • יִטַּמָּ֥אyitama'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make himself unclean
  • If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.

    Numbers 6:9

    • וְטִמֵּ֖אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will make unclean
  • He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.

    Numbers 6:12

    • טָמֵ֖אtame'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has become unclean
  • Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

    Numbers 19:7

    • וְטָמֵ֥אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

    Numbers 19:8

    • וְטָמֵ֖אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

    Numbers 19:10

    • וְטָמֵ֖אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

    Numbers 19:11

    • וְטָמֵ֖אvetame'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be unclean
  • Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

    Numbers 19:13

    • טִמֵּ֔אtime'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made unclean
  • This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

    Numbers 19:14

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

    Numbers 19:16

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

    Numbers 19:20

    • יִטְמָא֙yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
    • טִמֵּ֗אtime'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made unclean
  • This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

    Numbers 19:21

    • יִטְמָ֖אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be unclean
  • Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

    Numbers 19:22

    • יִטְמָ֑אyitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be unclean
    • תִּטְמָ֥אtitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be unclean
  • Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

    Numbers 35:34

    • תְטַמֵּ֣אtetame'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make unclean

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    Deuteronomy 21:23

    • תְטַמֵּא֙tetame'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make unclean
  • then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    Deuteronomy 24:4

    • הֻטַּמָּ֔אָהhutamaahverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has been declared unclean

2 Kings

four uses
  • Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

    2 Kings 23:8

    • וַיְטַמֵּ֣אvaytame'Hc/Vpw3mstagged: and he made unclean
  • He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

    2 Kings 23:10

    • וְטִמֵּ֣אvetime'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he made unclean
  • The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

    2 Kings 23:13

    • טִמֵּ֖אtime'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made unclean
  • And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.

    2 Kings 23:16

    • וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּvaytameehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he made unclean it

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 36:14

    • וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙vaytameuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they made unclean

Psalms

two uses
  • The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

    Psalms 79:1

    • טִ֭מְּאוּtimeuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have made unclean
  • They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

    Psalms 106:39

    • וַיִּטְמְא֥וּvaiyitmeuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they became unclean

Isaiah

one use
  • So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

    Isaiah 30:22

    • וְטִמֵּאתֶ֗םvetimetemHc/Vpq2mptagged: and you will make unclean

Jeremiah

four uses
  • I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.

    Jeremiah 2:7

    • וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּvatetameuHc/Vpw2mptagged: and you made unclean
  • “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

    Jeremiah 2:23

    • נִטְמֵ֗אתִיnitmetiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have made myself unclean
  • For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

    Jeremiah 7:30

    • לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃letameopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to make unclean it
  • They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

    Jeremiah 32:34

    • לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃letameopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to make unclean it

Ezekiel

thirty uses
  • “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

    Ezekiel 4:14

    • מְטֻמָּאָ֑הmetumaahverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: made unclean
  • Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.

    Ezekiel 5:11

    • טִמֵּ֔אתtimetverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have made unclean
  • Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.

    Ezekiel 9:7

    • טַמְּא֣וּtameuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: make unclean
  • in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    Ezekiel 14:11

    • יִטַּמְּא֥וּyitameuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will make themselves unclean
  • He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.

    Ezekiel 18:6

    • טִמֵּ֔אtime'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has defiled
  • though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

    Ezekiel 18:11

    • טִמֵּֽא׃time'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has defiled
  • He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

    Ezekiel 18:15

    • טִמֵּֽא׃time'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has defiled
  • And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’

    Ezekiel 20:7

    • תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּtitamauverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you make yourselves unclean
  • In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

    Ezekiel 20:18

    • תִּטַּמָּֽאוּ׃titamauverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you make yourselves unclean
  • And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.

    Ezekiel 20:26

    • וָאֲטַמֵּ֤אvaatame'Hc/Vpw1cstagged: and I made unclean
  • Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

    Ezekiel 20:30

    • נִטְמְאִ֑יםnitmeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: making yourselves unclean
  • When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

    Ezekiel 20:31

    • נִטְמְאִ֤֨יםnitmeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: making yourselves unclean
  • There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.

    Ezekiel 20:43

    • נִטְמֵאתֶ֖םnitmetemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have made yourselves unclean
  • and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

    Ezekiel 22:3

    • לְטָמְאָֽה׃letameahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become unclean
  • you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

    Ezekiel 22:4

    • טָמֵ֔אתtametverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have become unclean
  • One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

    Ezekiel 22:11

    • טִמֵּ֣אtime'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has defiled
  • She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

    Ezekiel 23:7

    • נִטְמָֽאָה׃nitmaahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she made herself unclean
  • And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

    Ezekiel 23:13

    • נִטְמָ֑אָהnitmaahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she had made herself unclean
  • Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.

    Ezekiel 23:17

    • וַיְטַמְּא֥וּvaytameuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they defiled
    • וַתִּ֨טְמָא־vatitma'-Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and she became unclean
  • have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

    Ezekiel 23:30

    • נִטְמֵ֖אתnitmetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you made yourself unclean
  • They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.

    Ezekiel 23:38

    • טִמְּא֤וּtimeuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have made unclean
  • You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

    Ezekiel 33:26

    • טִמֵּאתֶ֑םtimetemverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have defiled
  • “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.

    Ezekiel 36:17

    • וַיְטַמְּא֣וּvaytameuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they made unclean
  • So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

    Ezekiel 36:18

    • טִמְּאֽוּהָ׃timeuhaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: they made unclean it
  • They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

    Ezekiel 37:23

    • יִֽטַמְּא֣וּyitameuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will make themselves unclean
  • and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.

    Ezekiel 43:7

    • יְטַמְּא֣וּyetameuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will defile
  • When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

    Ezekiel 43:8

    • וְטִמְּא֣וּ׀vetimeuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they defiled
  • A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,

    Ezekiel 44:25

    • לְטָמְאָ֑הletameahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become unclean
    • יִטַּמָּֽאוּ׃yitamauverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will make themselves unclean

Hosea

three uses
  • I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

    Hosea 5:3

    • נִטְמָ֖אnitma'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has made itself unclean
  • In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

    Hosea 6:10

    • נִטְמָ֖אnitma'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has made itself unclean
  • They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

    Hosea 9:4

    • יִטַמָּ֑אוּyitamauverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will make themselves unclean

Micah

one use
  • Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!

    Micah 2:10

    • טָמְאָ֛הtameahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has become unclean

Haggai

two uses
  • So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

    Haggai 2:13

    • הֲיִטְמָ֑אhayitma'question particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will it become unclean
    • יִטְמָֽא׃yitma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will become unclean

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

Revised 2026-09-05. Every cited work, the sources registry →