טָמֵא
Meanings
Adjective
1. ritually unclean
Pronunciation
tamé
Examples4
דָּג טָמֵא מַשְׁרִיץ, דָּג טָהוֹר מֵטִיל בֵּיצִים.
An impure fish spawns, a pure fish lays eggs.
מְצוּדַת הַחֻלְדָּה, טְמֵאָה; וְשֶׁל הָעַכְבָּרִין, טְהוֹרָה.
A weasel-trap is susceptible to impurity, but a mouse's is clean.
בדָּתוֹת רַבּוֹת אוֹנָנוּת נחשבת לחֵטְא וּלְמַעֲשֶׂה טָמֵא.
In many religions, masturbation is considered a sin and an impure act.
זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַזָּב וַאֲשֶׁר תֵּצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע לטְמֵאָה בָּהּ
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him from whom the flow of seed goeth out, so that he is unclean thereby