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Psalms 106:39

“Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

טָמֵאṭâmêʼ · taw-may'
H2930 · Hebrew

Definition: to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּטְמְא֥וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 162 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:5 Genesis 34:13 Genesis 34:27 Leviticus 5:3 Leviticus 11:24

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 טָמֵא here.

Verse 38 Verse 40

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.