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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2932

טֻמְאָה

tumahtoom-aw'

uncleanness

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

Concordance spelling: ṭumʼâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2932is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 33
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2932

religious impurity

The King James renders it: filthiness, unclean(-ness).

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

tumah is rendered "uncleanness". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Eighteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 5:3Or 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.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.

The first use

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 5:3בְּטֻמְאַ֣ת

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

Where the word stands

Eighteen of the word's thirty-six uses are in Leviticus.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • uncleanness his5
  • uncleanness her4
  • uncleanness3
  • and uncleanness his2
  • from uncleannesses of2
  • in uncleanness of2
  • like uncleanness of2
  • the uncleanness2
  • uncleannesses your2
  • according to uncleanness their1
  • from uncleanness her1
  • from uncleanness his1

and 9 more, 36 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.

The words it stands beside

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

33 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

  • וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ2
  • טֻמְאָ֖ה2
  • טֻמְאָת֖וֹ2
  • בְּטֻמְאַ֣ת1
  • בְּטֻמְאַ֤ת1
  • בְּטֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְ1
  • בְּטֻמְאָתָ֔ם1
  • בְּטֻמְאָתָֽם׃1
  • הַטֻּמְאָה֙1
  • הַטֻּמְאָ֖ה1
  • טֻמְאָ֔ה1
  • טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם1

and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular5HNcfsc/Sp3fs
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncfsc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HNcfpc/Sp2mp
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fs
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp2fs

Leviticus

eighteen 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

    • בְּטֻמְאַ֣תbetumatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in uncleanness of
    • טֻמְאָת֔וֹtumatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: uncleanness his
  • But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

    Leviticus 7:20

    • וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹvetumatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and uncleanness his
  • If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

    Leviticus 7:21

    • בְּטֻמְאַ֤תbetumatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in uncleanness of
  • Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering

    Leviticus 14:19

    • מִטֻּמְאָת֑וֹmitumatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from uncleanness his
  • This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

    Leviticus 15:3

    • טֻמְאָת֖וֹtumatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: uncleanness his
    • טֻמְאָת֖וֹtumatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: uncleanness his
  • When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.

    Leviticus 15:25

    • טֻמְאָתָ֗הּtumatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: uncleanness her
  • Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

    Leviticus 15:26

    • כְּטֻמְאַ֖תketumatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like uncleanness of
  • The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

    Leviticus 15:30

    • טֻמְאָתָֽהּ׃tumatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: uncleanness her
  • 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

    • מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑םmitumatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from uncleanness their
    • בְּטֻמְאָתָ֔םbetumatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in uncleanness their
  • So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.

    Leviticus 16:16

    • מִטֻּמְאֹת֙mitumotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from uncleannesses of
    • טֻמְאֹתָֽם׃tumotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: uncleannesses their
  • He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

    Leviticus 16:19

    • מִטֻּמְאֹ֖תmitumotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from uncleannesses of
  • You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

    Leviticus 18:19

    • טֻמְאָתָ֑הּtumatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: uncleanness her
  • Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 22:3

    • וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹvetumatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and uncleanness his
  • or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

    Leviticus 22:5

    • טֻמְאָתֽוֹ׃tumatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: uncleanness his

Numbers

two uses
  • And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

    Numbers 5:19

    • טֻמְאָ֖הtumahnoun · feminine singulartagged: uncleanness
  • 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

    • טֻמְאָת֥וֹtumatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: uncleanness his

Judges

two uses
  • But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

    Judges 13:7

    • טֻמְאָ֔הtumahnoun · feminine singulartagged: uncleanness
  • She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

    Judges 13:14

    • טֻמְאָ֖הtumahnoun · feminine singulartagged: uncleanness

2 Samuel

one use
  • Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

    2 Samuel 11:4

    • מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּmitumatahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: from uncleanness her

2 Chronicles

one use
  • So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

    2 Chronicles 29:16

    • הַטֻּמְאָה֙hatumahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the uncleanness

Ezra

two uses
  • The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

    Ezra 6:21

    • מִטֻּמְאַ֥תmitumatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from uncleanness of
  • that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.

    Ezra 9:11

    • בְּטֻמְאָתָֽם׃betumatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: with uncleanness their

Lamentations

one use
  • Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

    Lamentations 1:9

    • טֻמְאָתָ֣הּtumatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: uncleanness her

Ezekiel

eight uses
  • I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

    Ezekiel 22:15

    • טֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְtumatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: uncleanness your
  • Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.

    Ezekiel 24:11

    • טֻמְאָתָ֔הּtumatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: uncleanness its
  • Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

    Ezekiel 24:13

    • בְּטֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְbetumatekhpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: in uncleanness your
    • מִטֻּמְאָתֵךְ֙mitumatekhpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: from uncleanness your
  • “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

    • כְּטֻמְאַת֙ketumatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like uncleanness of
  • I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

    Ezekiel 36:25

    • טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶ֛םtumoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: uncleannesses your
  • I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.

    Ezekiel 36:29

    • טֻמְאֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םtumoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: uncleannesses your
  • I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.

    Ezekiel 39:24

    • כְּטֻמְאָתָ֥םketumatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: according to uncleanness their

Zechariah

one use
  • And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

    Zechariah 13:2

    • הַטֻּמְאָ֖הhatumahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the uncleanness

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 every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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

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