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Lexicon :: Strong's H2930 - ṭāmē'

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טָמֵא
Transliteration
ṭāmē'
Pronunciation
taw-may'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 809

Strong’s Definitions

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated):—defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H2930 in the following manner: unclean (74x), defile (71x), pollute (14x), uncleanness (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x
The KJV translates Strong's H2930 in the following manner: unclean (74x), defile (71x), pollute (14x), uncleanness (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure

    1. (Qal) to be or become unclean

      1. sexually

      2. religiously

      3. ceremonially

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to defile oneself, be defiled

        1. sexually

        2. by idolatry

        3. ceremonially

      2. to be regarded as unclean

    3. (Piel)

      1. to defile

        1. sexually

        2. religiously

        3. ceremonially

      2. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)

      3. to profane (God's name)

    4. (Pual) to be defiled

    5. (Hithpael) to be unclean

    6. (Hothpael) to be defiled

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated):—defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, × utterly.
STRONGS H2930: Abbreviations
† I. טָמֵא verb be or become unclean (Late Hebrew Pi. pollute (ceremonially); Aramaic טְמָא and especially derivatives, bdb037901 Pa. pollute; see RSK 307 ff.) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ט׳ Leviticus 11:25 + 22 times; 3rd person feminine singular טָֽמְאָה Leviticus 12:2 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular טָמֵאת Ezekiel 22:4; plural טָֽמְאוּ Leviticus 15:18; Imperfect יִטְמָא Leviticus 5:3 + 34 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּטְמָא Leviticus 12:2 + 4 times; plural יִטְמְאוּ Psalm 106:39; Infinitive טָמְאָה Leviticus 15:32 + 6 times; — be or become unclean:
1. sexually, with בְּ Leviticus 18:20, 23 (H), Ezekiel 23:17; the land Leviticus 18:25, 27 (H).
2. religiously, with idols Ezekiel 22:3; with בְ Ezekiel 22:4; with necromancers Leviticus 19:31 (H); by sacrificing children to idols Psalm 106:39.
3. ceremonially, by contact with carcasses of unclean animals Leviticus 11:24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:35, 36, 40 (P); any carcass Leviticus 17:15 (H); eating of a carcass Leviticus 22:8 (H); by issues Leviticus 15:4, 9, 20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 15:24, 27, 32 (P); by contact with an unclean man Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 15:4 (P), Leviticus 22:5 (H), or thing Leviticus 22:6 (H); by leprosy Leviticus 13:14, 46; Leviticus 14:36, 46 (P); by contact with the dead Numbers 6:12; Numbers 19:20 (P), Ezekiel 44:25, or with one unclean by such contact Numbers 19:22 (P), Haggai 2:13 (twice in verse); by contact with creeping things Leviticus 22:5 (H); certain animals were always unclean Leviticus 11:26, 27 (P). In ordinary cases of uncleanness טמא עד הערב unclean till even Leviticus 11:24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 39, 40 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:46; Leviticus 15:5; Leviticus 15:6; Leviticus 15:7; Leviticus 15:8; Leviticus 15:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 15:11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27; Numbers 19:7; Numbers 19:8; Numbers 19:10; Numbers 19:21; Numbers 19:22 (all P), Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:6 (H); but uncleanness lasted 7 days for woman bearings a son Leviticus 12:2 (twice in verse) (P), for lying with woman having an issue Leviticus 15:24 (P), or one coming in contact with the dead Numbers 19:11, 14, 16 (P); it lasted 14 days for a woman bearing a daughter Leviticus 12:5 (P).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִטְמָא Hosea 5:3; Hosea 6:10; 3rd person feminine singular נִטְמְאָה Numbers 5:27, 28; נִטְמָ֑אָה Numbers 5:13 + 5 times; 1st person singular נִטְמֵאתִי Jeremiah 2:23; 2nd person masculine plural נִטְמֵתֶם Leviticus 11:43 (א omitted by scribal error; but Ges and others derive from טמה), etc. + 4 times perfect; Participle plural נִטְמְאִים Ezekiel 20:30, 31; — defile oneself, be defiled:
1. sexually, Leviticus 18:24 (H), Numbers 5:13, 14 (twice in verse); Numbers 5:20, 27, 28, 29 (P).
2. by idolatry conceived as whoredom Hosea 5:3; Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 2:23; Ezekiel 20:30, 31, 43; Ezekiel 23:7, 13, 30.
3. ceremonially, by eating creeping things Leviticus 11:43.
4. be regarded as unclean (compare Pi. 4), probably נִטְמִינִוּ Job 18:3 we are accounted as unclean; metal. from; on another view see טמה.
Pi. Perfect טִמֵּא Genesis 34:5 + 15 times; suffix טִמְּאוֺ Leviticus 13:8 + 3 times; 2nd person feminine singular טִמֵּאת Ezekiel 5:11, etc. + 7 times Perfect; Imperfect יְטַמֵּא 2 Kings 23:8, etc. + 12 times Imperfect; Imperative plural טַמְּאוּ Ezekiel 9:7; Infinitive טַמֵּא Leviticus 13:44 + 2 times; suffix טַמְּאָם Leviticus 15:31, etc. + 4 times Infinitive; — defile:
1. sexually Genesis 34:5, 13, 27 (R), Ezekiel 18:6, 11, 15; Ezekiel 22:11; Ezekiel 33:26; the land by sexual impurities of the people Leviticus 18:28 (H); Israel by spiritual whoredom Ezekiel 23:17.
2. religiously: the land by bloodshed Numbers 35:34 (P); by allowing the dead body of the murderer to hang on the tree over night Deuteronomy 21:23; by idolatry Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 36:17, 18; Israel defiled the sacred places by the sacrifice of children Leviticus 20:3 (H), Ezekiel 23:38, and God defiled him thereby Ezekiel 20:26; he defileth the sacred places by idolatry 2 Chronicles 36:14; Jeremiah 7:30 = Jeremiah 32:34, Ezekiel 5:11; the holy name of י׳ Ezekiel 43:7, 8; Josiah defiled the idolatrous places of worship by destroying them and making them unfit for use 2 Kings 23:8, 10, 13, 16; of Israel defiling idolatrous images Isaiah 30:22, and the nations the temple of God Psalm 79:1.
3. ceremonially: by ceremonial uncleanness, the sacred places Leviticus 15:31; Numbers 19:13, 20 (P); the camp Numbers 5:3 (P); the temple by dead bodies Ezekiel 9:7; the Nazirite's head of separation by a death occurring in his presence Numbers 6:9 (P); the people defile themselves (נפשׁתיכם) by creeping things Leviticus 11:44 (P).
4. pronounce or declare ceremonially unclean: the leper Leviticus 13:3, 8, 11, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 44 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:59 (P); unclean animals Leviticus 20:25 (H).
Pu. Participle נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה Ezekiel 4:14 myself is not polluted.
Hithp. Imperfect יִטַּמָּא Leviticus 21:1 + 4 times; plural יִטַּמְּאוּ Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 37:23; יִטַּמָּ֑אוּ Hosea 9:4; Ezekiel 44:25, etc. + 6 times Imperfect — reflexive, defile oneself: by eating of an unaccepted peace-offering Hosea 9:4; with בְּ Leviticus 18:24, 30 (H), Leviticus 11:43 (P), Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 20:7, 18; Ezekiel 37:23; with לְ for a dead person Leviticus 21:1, 3, 11 (H), Numbers 6:7 (P); by Leviticus 11:24 (P); without preposition Leviticus 21:4 (H), Ezekiel 44:25.
Hothp. Perfect אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר חֻטַּמָּ֑אָה Deuteronomy 24:4 after that she has been defiled (sexually); on form see Ges§ 54. 3.

† טָמְאָה noun feminine uncleanness (טָֽמְאָה, Baer, seems to rest upon a misinterpretation of the form) Micah 2:10 (so Thes MV SS); of ethical uncleanness, from wrong-doing.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:5; 34:5; 34:13; 34:27

Leviticus

5:3; 5:3; 11:24; 11:24; 11:24; 11:25; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:27; 11:27; 11:28; 11:28; 11:31; 11:31; 11:32; 11:32; 11:33; 11:34; 11:35; 11:36; 11:39; 11:40; 11:40; 11:43; 11:43; 11:43; 11:44; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 12:5; 13:3; 13:8; 13:8; 13:11; 13:14; 13:15; 13:20; 13:22; 13:25; 13:27; 13:30; 13:44; 13:44; 13:46; 13:59; 14:36; 14:46; 14:46; 15:4; 15:4; 15:5; 15:6; 15:7; 15:8; 15:9; 15:10; 15:11; 15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 15:18; 15:19; 15:20; 15:21; 15:22; 15:23; 15:24; 15:24; 15:27; 15:27; 15:31; 15:31; 15:32; 15:32; 17:15; 17:15; 18:20; 18:23; 18:24; 18:24; 18:25; 18:27; 18:28; 18:30; 19:31; 20:3; 20:25; 21:1; 21:1; 21:3; 21:4; 21:11; 22:5; 22:5; 22:6; 22:6; 22:8

Numbers

5:3; 5:13; 5:13; 5:14; 5:20; 5:27; 5:27; 5:28; 5:28; 5:29; 6:7; 6:9; 6:12; 19:7; 19:8; 19:10; 19:11; 19:13; 19:14; 19:16; 19:20; 19:20; 19:21; 19:22; 19:22; 35:34

Deuteronomy

21:23; 24:4

2 Kings

23:8; 23:8; 23:10; 23:13; 23:16

2 Chronicles

36:14

Job

18:3

Psalms

79:1; 106:39; 106:39

Isaiah

30:22

Jeremiah

2:7; 2:23; 2:23; 7:30; 32:34

Ezekiel

4:14; 5:11; 5:11; 9:7; 9:7; 14:11; 14:11; 18:6; 18:11; 18:15; 20:7; 20:18; 20:26; 20:30; 20:30; 20:31; 20:31; 20:43; 22:3; 22:4; 22:4; 22:11; 23:7; 23:13; 23:17; 23:17; 23:30; 23:38; 33:26; 36:17; 36:18; 37:23; 37:23; 43:7; 43:8; 44:25; 44:25; 44:25

Hosea

5:3; 5:3; 6:10; 6:10; 9:4; 9:4

Micah

2:10

Haggai

2:13

H2930

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Strong's Number H2930 matches the Hebrew טָמֵא (ṭāmē'),
which occurs 162 times in 142 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 34:5–Lev 15:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:5 - quod cum audisset Iacob absentibus filiis et in pastu occupatis pecorum siluit donec redirent

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - responderunt filii Iacob Sychem et patri eius in dolo saevientes ob stuprum sororis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - quibus egressis inruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Iacob et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - et si tetigerit quicquam de inmunditia hominis iuxta omnem inpuritatem qua pollui solet oblitaque cognoverit postea subiacebit delicto

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - et quicumque morticina eorum tetigerit polluetur et erit inmundus usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - et si necesse fuerit ut portet quippiam horum mortuum lavabit vestimenta sua et inmundus erit usque ad solis occasum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - omne animal quod habet quidem ungulam sed non dividit eam nec ruminat inmundum erit et quicquid tetigerit illud contaminabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - quod ambulat super manus ex cunctis animantibus quae incedunt quadrupedia inmundum erit qui tetigerit morticina eorum polluetur usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - et qui portaverit huiuscemodi cadavera lavabit vestimenta sua et inmundus erit usque ad vesperum quia omnia haec inmunda sunt vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - omnia haec inmunda sunt qui tetigerit morticina eorum inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - et super quod ceciderit quicquam de morticinis eorum polluetur tam vas ligneum et vestimentum quam pelles et cilicia et in quocumque fit opus tinguentur aqua et polluta erunt usque ad vesperum et sic postea mundabuntur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - vas autem fictile in quo horum quicquam intro ceciderit polluetur et idcirco frangendum est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - omnis cibus quem comeditis si fusa fuerit super eum aqua inmundus erit et omne liquens quod bibitur de universo vase inmundum erit

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - et quicquid de morticinis istiusmodi ceciderit super illud inmundum erit sive clibani sive cytropodes destruentur et inmundi erunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - fontes vero et cisternae et omnis aquarum congregatio munda erit qui morticinum eorum tetigerit polluetur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - si mortuum fuerit animal quod licet vobis comedere qui cadaver eius tetigerit inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - et qui comederit ex eo quippiam sive portaverit lavabit vestimenta sua et inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - nolite contaminare animas vestras nec tangatis quicquam eorum ne inmundi sitis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - ego enim sum Dominus Deus vester sancti estote quoniam et ego sanctus sum ne polluatis animas vestras in omni reptili quod movetur super terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos mulier si suscepto semine pepererit masculum inmunda erit septem diebus iuxta dies separationis menstruae

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - sin autem feminam pepererit inmunda erit duabus ebdomadibus iuxta ritum fluxus menstrui et sexaginta ac sex diebus manebit in sanguine purificationis suae

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - qui cum viderit lepram in cute et pilos in album mutatos colorem ipsamque speciem leprae humiliorem cute et carne reliqua plaga leprae est et ad arbitrium eius separabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 - et inmunditiae condemnabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - lepra vetustissima iudicabitur atque inolita cuti contaminabit itaque eum sacerdos et non recludet quia perspicue inmunditia est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:14 - quando vero caro vivens in eo apparuerit

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - tunc sacerdotis iudicio polluetur et inter inmundos reputabitur caro enim viva si lepra aspergatur inmunda est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - qui cum viderit locum leprae humiliorem carne reliqua et pilos versos in candorem contaminabit eum plaga enim leprae orta est in ulcere

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - et siquidem creverit adiudicabit eum leprae

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - considerabit eam sacerdos et ecce versa est in alborem et locus eius reliqua cute humilior contaminabit eum quia plaga leprae in cicatrice orta est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - et die septimo contemplabitur si creverit in cute lepra contaminabit eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - et siquidem humilior fuerit locus carne reliqua et capillus flavus solitoque subtilior contaminabit eos quia lepra capitis ac barbae est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - quicumque ergo maculatus fuerit lepra et separatus ad arbitrium sacerdotis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46 - omni tempore quo leprosus est et inmundus solus habitabit extra castra

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - ista est lex leprae vestimenti lanei et linei staminis atque subteminis omnisque supellectilis pelliciae quomodo mundari debeat vel contaminari

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - at ille praecipiet ut efferant universa de domo priusquam ingrediatur eam et videat utrum lepra sit ne inmunda fiant omnia quae in domo sunt intrabitque postea ut consideret domus lepram

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:46 - qui intraverit domum quando clausa est inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - omne stratum in quo dormierit inmundum erit et ubicumque sederit

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - si quis hominum tetigerit lectum eius lavabit vestimenta sua et ipse lotus aqua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6 - si sederit ubi ille sederat et ipse lavabit vestimenta sua et lotus aqua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - qui tetigerit carnem eius lavabit vestimenta sua et ipse lotus aqua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:8 - si salivam huiuscemodi homo iecerit super eum qui mundus est lavabit vestem suam et lotus aqua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:9 - sagma super quo sederit inmundum erit

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:10 - et quicquid sub eo fuerit qui fluxum seminis patitur pollutum erit usque ad vesperum qui portaverit horum aliquid lavabit vestem suam et ipse lotus aqua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - omnis quem tetigerit qui talis est non lotis ante manibus lavabit vestimenta sua et lotus aqua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:16 - vir de quo egreditur semen coitus lavabit aqua omne corpus suum et inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17 - vestem et pellem quam habuerit lavabit aqua et inmunda erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:18 - mulier cum qua coierit lavabitur aqua et inmunda erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:19 - mulier quae redeunte mense patitur fluxum sanguinis septem diebus separabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:20 - omnis qui tetigerit eam inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - et in quo dormierit vel sederit diebus separationis suae polluetur

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