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Nehemiah 12:30
“And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
טָהֵרṭâhêr · taw-hare'
H2891 · Hebrew
H2891 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
- Derivation
- a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication)
- KJV renderings
- be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 95 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 35:2Leviticus 11:32Leviticus 12:7Leviticus 12:8Leviticus 13:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read טָהֵר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.