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Aramaic
From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-. Cognate with Arabic عظم and Hebrew עצם.
Noun
טמא • (transliteration needed) ?
- bone
- Synonyms: עטמא, גרמא
שחיק טמיא- May (his) bones be crushed.
Hebrew
Adjective
טָמֵא • (tamé) (feminine טְמֵאָה, masculine plural טְמֵאִים, feminine plural טְמֵאוֹת)
- 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
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Verb
טִמֵּא • (timé)
- defective spelling of טימא.
Yiddish
Adjective
טמא • (tome)
- ritually unclean
Descendants