Ritual Moral Impurity

† טֻמְאָה n.f. uncleanness;—abs. ט׳ Nu 5:19 + 4 times; cstr. טֻמְאַת Lv 5:3 + 4 times; sf. טֻמְאָתֵךְ Ez 22:15 + 2 times etc., + 18 times sfs.; pl. טֻמְאֹת Lv 16:16, 19; sf. טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶם Ez 36:25, 29; טֻמְאֹתָם Lv 16:16;— 1. sexual Nu 5:19 (P), La 1:9. 2. of a foul or filthy mass Ez 24:11 (in a caldron), 2 Ch 29:16 (in the temple). 3. ethical and religious Lv 16:16 (P), Ez 22:15; 24:13; 39:24; כפר על הקדשׁ מט׳ Lv 16:16 (P); קדּשׁ מט׳ Lv 16:19 (P); טהר מט׳ Ez 24:13; 36:25; הושׁיע מכל ט׳ 36:29; רוּחַ הט׳ unclean spirit, which inspired the prophets to lie Zc 13:2. 4. ritual, of men Lv 5:3(×2); 7:20, 21; 14:19; 15:3(×2), 31(×2) Nu 19:13 (all P), Lv 22:3, 5 (H); of women 2 S 11:4; וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ וְהִיא מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ v. Dr; a time favourable to conception RSK 276; Lv 15:25, 26, 30 (P), 18:19 (H), Ez 36:17; of meats Ju 13:7, 14. 5. local, of the nations Ezr 6:21; 9:11.

† נִדָּה n.f. impurity (as abhorrent, shunned);—abs. נ׳ Ez 18:6 +; cstr. נִדַּת Lv 12:2 +; sf. נִדָּתָהּ v 5 +;—impurity (especially P and Ezek.): 1. of ceremonial impurity, as union with brother’s wife, Lv 20:21; especially of menstruation Ez 18:6 (read אִשָּׁה בְּנִדָּתָהּ for MT א׳ נִדָּה 𝔖 Co), טְמֵאַת הַנּ׳ 22:10, cf. 36:17, נִדַּת דְּוֹתָהּ Lv 12:2, cf. v 5; 15:19, 20, 24, 25 (עֶת־נִדּ׳), v 25(×2), v 26 (מִשְׁכַּב נִדּ׳), v 26 (טֻמְאַת נִדּ׳), v 33; 18:19; of defilement contracted by contact with a corpse, מֵי (הַ)נִּדָּה water of impurity (i.e. to remove it, cf. Di) Nu 19:9, 13, 20, 21(×2); 31:23. 2. fig. (with allusion to cerem. usage), impure thing, Ez 7:19, 20 (of gold), La 1:17 (of Jerus.); of idolatry, immorality, etc., 2 Ch 29:5 Ezr 9:11 (אֶרֶץ נִדָּה), v 11, Zc 13:1 (לְחַטַּאת וּלְנִדָּה).

ἀκᾰθαρ-σία, ἡ, uncleanness, foulness, of a wound or sore, Refs 5th c.BC+ __b dirt, filth, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 in moral sense, depravity, Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 ceremonial impurity, LXX

μολ-υσμός, ὁ, defilement, pollution, LXX+1st c.BC+

† טָמְאָה n.f. uncleanness (טָֽמְאָה, Baer, seems to rest upon a misinterpretation of the form) Mi 2:10 (so Thes MV SS); of ethical uncleanness, from wrong-doing.