טמא

Aramaic

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-. Cognate with Arabic عظم and Hebrew עצם.

Noun

טמא • (transliteration needed) ?

1. bone

   Synonyms: עטמא, גרמא

   שחיק טמיא

   May (his) bones be crushed.

Hebrew

Adjective

טָמֵא • (tamé) (feminine טְמֵאָה, masculine plural טְמֵאִים, feminine plural טְמֵאוֹת)

1. ritually unclean
   • Tanach, Leviticus 11:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאֶת־הַחֲזִיר כִּי־מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה וְהוּא גֵּרָה לֹא־יִגָּר טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם׃

     v-et ha-ḥazír ki mafrís parsá hu v-shosáʿ shésa parsá v-hu gerá lo yigár tamé hu lakhém.

     And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

Descendants

• → Yiddish: טמא (tome)
  • → Dutch: temeier

References

• H2931 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

טִמֵּא • (timé)

1. defective spelling of טימא.

Yiddish

Adjective

טמא • (tome)

1. ritually unclean

Descendants

• → Dutch: temeier