King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2932
Transliteration: tum'ah
Phonetic Spelling: (toom-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: uncleanness
Meaning: religious impurity
Word Summary
tum'ah: uncleanness
Original Word: טֻמְאָהTransliteration: tum'ah
Phonetic Spelling: (toom-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: uncleanness
Meaning: religious impurity
Strong's Concordance
filthiness, uncleanness From tame'; religious impurity -- filthiness, unclean(-ness).
see HEBREW tame'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2932. tum
'ah טֻמְאָה noun feminine uncleanness; — absolute ׳ט Numbers 5:19 4t.; construct טֻמְאַת Leviticus 5:3-4t.; suffix טֻמְאָתֵךְ Ezekiel 22:15 2t. etc., 18 t. suffixes; plural טֻמְאֹת Leviticus 16:16, 19; suffix טֻמְאוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 36:25, 29; טֻמְאֹתָם Leviticus 16:16; —
1 sexual Numbers 5:19 (P), Lamentations 1:9.
2 of a foul or filthy mass Ezekiel 24:11 (in a caldron), 2 Chronicles 29:16 (in the temple).
3 ethical and religious Leviticus 16:16 (P); Ezekiel 22:15; 24:13; 39:24; מט הקדשׁ על ׳כפר Leviticus 16:16 (P); מט ׳קדּשׁ 16:19 (P); מט ׳טהר Ezekiel 24:13; 36:25; ט מכל ׳הושׁיע 36:29; הט ׳רוּחַ unclean spirit, which inspired the prophets to lie Zechariah 13:2.
4 ritual, of men Leviticus 5:3 (twice in verse); 7:20-21, 14:19; 15:3 (twice in verse); 15:31 (twice in verse); Numbers 19:13 (all P), Leviticus 22:3, 5 (H); women 2 Samuel 11:4; מִטֻמְאָתָהּ מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת וְהִיא עִמָּהּ וַיִּשְׁכַּב see Dr; a time favourable to conception RSK 276; Leviticus 15:25-26, 30 (P), 18:19 (H), Ezekiel 36:17; of meats Judges 13:7, 14.