טָמֵא (ṭāmĕʾâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be unclean. It appears
162 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2930).
Also rendered
to defile
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 809)
Range of meaning (TWOT 809)be, become unclean; defile oneself, be defiled; defile; after that she has been defiled; be foul; pollute, be unclean
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
טָמֵאverb: be, become unclean
Qalbe or become unclean
Niphaldefile oneself, be defiled
Pieldefile
Hithpaelreflexive, defile oneself
Hothpaalafter that she has been defiled
Strong's H2930טָמֵא: to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated) KJV:defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, × utterly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.