• טַבָּ˜ת S 2888 GK 3195 n.pr.loc. Ju 7:2 2, spot near which Gideon’s pursuit of Midianites ended, site unknown.
•טָהֵר S 2891 TWOT 792 GK 3197 vb. be clean, pure (Arabic طَﻩَرَ, طَﻩُرَ ( ṭahara, ṭahura ) id.; NH id. , Pi. make or declare ceremonially clean; Aramaic טְהַר emptiness , טִיהֲרָא brightness; Sab. טהר Hal 682; Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜, ˜˜˜˜
(
˒aṭhara, taṭāhara
)
purify, wash oneself with water
)
—
Qal
Pf.
ט׳
Lv 11:32
+
12 times; 3
fs.
טָֽהֲרָה
Lv 12:
7;
15:28
;
טָהֵ˜רָה
Lv 12:8
etc.,
+
5 times
Pf.
;
Impf.
יִטְהַר
Lv 15:13 Jb 4:17
etc.,
+
9 times
Impf.
;
Imv.
טְהָ˜ר
2 K 5:1
0,
13
;—
1.
be clean
, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by washing in the Jordan
2 K 5:10
,
12
,
13
,
14
.
2.
be clean ceremonially
(only
H
P),
Lv 15:13
,
28
(×2) (
P
),
22:4
(
H
); by washing with water, the flesh
Lv 22:7
(
H
); garments
Lv 13:6
,
34
,
58 Nu 31:24
(all
P
); both flesh and garments
Lv 17:5
(
H
),
14:8
,
9
;
15:13 Nu 19:19
(all
P
); other articles
Lv 11:32
(
P
); passing things through the fire
Nu 31:23
(
P
); offering sin-offerings
Lv 12:7
,
8
;
14:20
(
P
); by the ceremony of the two birds
Lv 14:53
(
P
); by ashes of red heifer
Nu 19:12
(×2) (
P
).
3.
be clean morally
, of people, made clean by
י׳
’s scattering clean water upon them
Ez 36:25
; of
Jerus.
, specif. made clean from idolatry, under
fig.
of adultery
Je 13:27
; also
sq.
מִן
Ez 24:13
(×2) (purification by
י׳
);
made clean
מִכָּל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם
Lv 16:30
(
P
; by the sin-offering of the atonement day); also of the individual,
be clean
מֵחַטָּאֹות
Pr 20:9
(
||
זכה
);
become clean
by use of hyssop
ψ 51:9
(
||
אַלְבִּין
); more generally
אִם־מֵעשֵֹׁהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּ˜בֶר
Jb 4:17
shall a man be more pure than his maker?
(
||
יִצְדָּ˜ק
).
Pi.
Pf.
טִהַר
Lv 13:3
+
4 times;
sf.
טִהֲרֹו
Lv 13:6
+
5 times; 2
ms.
טִהַרְתָּ
Nu 8:
6,
15
etc.
+
7 times
Pf.
;
Impf.
יְטַהֵר
2 Ch 34:5
etc.
+
4 times
Impf.
;
Imv. sf.
טַהֲרֵנִי
ψ 51:4
;
Inf. cstr.
טַהֵר
Ez 39:12
+
5 times;
sf.
טַהֲרִי
Ez 36:33
etc.
+
4 times
Inf.
;
Pt.
מְטַחֵר
Lv 14:11 Mal 3:
3;—chiefly
P
;
1.
cleanse, purify:
a.
physically
, metals from dross
Mal 3:3
; land from corpses
Ez 39:12
,
14
,
16
; heavens from clouds
Jb 37:21
; temple from unclean things
2 Ch 29:15
,
16
,
18
; land and city from Asherim and images
2 Ch 34:3
,
5
,
8
; store-chambers of temple from household stuff
Ne 13:9
; priesthood by exclusion of alien blood
Ne 13:30
.
b.
ceremonially
, the altar of incense by the blood of the annual sin-offering
Lv 16:19
(
P
); the people, gates, and wall (by some undefined ceremony)
Ne 12:30
; the altar of the court by the blood of sin- offerings
Ez 43:26
; of consecration of Levites by
מֵי חטאת
Nu 8:
6,
7
(
P
), and
חטאת
Sab. Sabean. Hal J. Halévy. H Code of Holiness.