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H2931טָמֵאta.me

uncleanPart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. 47
  4. 11
  5. 8
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 6
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 5
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 2
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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88 occurrences in 78 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:22

    Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

    הַטָּמֵא֙ (טָּמֵא֙) ta.Me' “unclean”

  2. Deuteronomy 14:7

    Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you;

    טְמֵאִ֥ים te.me.'Im “[are] unclean”

  3. Deuteronomy 14:8

    and the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you; of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

    טָמֵ֥א ta.Me' “[is] unclean”

  4. Deuteronomy 14:10

    and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

    טָמֵ֥א ta.Me' “[is] unclean”

  5. Deuteronomy 14:19

    And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

    טָמֵ֥א ta.Me' “[is] unclean”

  6. Deuteronomy 15:22

    Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

    הַטָּמֵ֤א (טָּמֵ֤א) ta.Me' “unclean”

  7. Deuteronomy 26:14

    I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.

    בְּטָמֵ֔א (טָמֵ֔א) ta.Me' “unclean”

  8. Joshua 22:19

    Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you

    טְמֵאָ֜ה te.me.'Ah “[is] unclean”

  9. Judges 13:4

    Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

    טָמֵֽא׃ ta.Me' “unclean [thing]”

  10. 2 Chronicles 23:19

    And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none that was unclean in any thing should enter in.

    טָמֵ֖א ta.Me' “a [person] unclean”

  11. Job 14:4

    Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

    מִטָּמֵ֗א (טָּמֵ֗א) ta.Me' “an unclean [thing]”

  12. Ecclesiastes 9:2

    All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he t

    וְלַטָּמֵ֔א (טָּמֵ֔א) ta.Me' “unclean”

  13. Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I: Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

    טְמֵֽא־ te.me'- “unclean of”טְמֵ֣א te.Me' “unclean of”

  14. Isaiah 35:8

    And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

    טָמֵ֖א ta.Me' “[the] unclean”

  15. Isaiah 52:1

    Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

    וְטָמֵֽא׃ (טָמֵֽא) ta.Me' “an unclean [person]”

  16. Isaiah 52:11

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, ye that bear the vessels of the LORD.

    טָמֵ֖א ta.Me' “an unclean [thing]”

  17. Isaiah 64:5

    And we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

    כַטָּמֵא֙ (טָּמֵא֙) ta.Me' “unclean [person]”

  18. Jeremiah 19:13

    and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have offered unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other god

    הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים (טְּמֵאִ֑ים) te.me.'Im “unclean [things]”

  19. Lamentations 4:15

    'Depart ye! unclean!' men cried unto them, 'Depart, depart, touch not'; yea, they fled away and wandered; men said among the nations: 'They shall no more sojourn here.'

    טָמֵ֞א ta.Me' “unclean”

  20. Ezekiel 4:13

    And the LORD said: 'Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.'

    טָמֵ֑א ta.Me' “unclean”

  21. Ezekiel 22:5

    Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult.

    טְמֵאַ֣ת te.me.'At “O unclean of”

  22. Ezekiel 22:10

    In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.

    טְמֵאַ֥ת te.me.'At “[the] [woman] unclean of”

  23. Ezekiel 22:26

    Her priests have done violence to My law, and have profaned My holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they taught difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths, and

    הַטָּמֵ֥א (טָּמֵ֥א) ta.Me' “unclean [thing]”

  24. Ezekiel 44:23

    And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

    טָמֵ֥א ta.Me' “an unclean [thing]”

  25. Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

    טָמֵ֥א ta.Me' “unclean [food]”