טָמֵא (ṭāmēʾ) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning unclean. It appears
88 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2931).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 809a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 809a)unclean; foul; defiled, infamous, polluted, pollution
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
טָמֵאadjective: unclean
Strong's H2931טָמֵא: foul in a religious sense KJV:defiled, infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
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.
Root family 809: טָמֵאṭāmēʾ — be, become unclean; defile oneself, be defiled; defile; after that she has been defiled; be foul; pollute, be unclean