Hebrew · H2931, H3807 · unreviewed

טְמֵאִים הֵם לָכֶם

Foul in a religious sense · to bruise or violently strike

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טָמֵא H2931 foul in a religious sense
Pronunciation tame
Religious impurity that renders one unfit for worship, temple access, or covenant participation until purification
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כָּתַת H3807 to bruise or violently strike
Pronunciation kātat
Violent crushing or beating that reduces something to pieces, often with destructive finality
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What does טְמֵאִים הֵם לָכֶם (ṭĕmēʾîm hēm lāḵem) mean in the Bible?

טָמֵא · כָּתַת is a Hebrew word meaning "foul in a religious sense".

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Meaning

foul in a religious sense
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form
Imperfect 4 Perfect 1 Participle passive 1 Imperative 1
Stem
Hophal 4 Qal 2 Piel 1
Mood
Indicative/jussive 4 Indicative 1 Imperative 1

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Cross-Language Connections

Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.

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