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Strong's #2889 - טָהֹר
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- pure, clean
- clean (ceremonially-of animals)
- pure (physically)
- pure, clean (morally, ethically)
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1204) ru (תהר ThR) AC: Contain CO: Wall AB: ?: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket or other container, the r is a picture of a man. Combined these mean "contain man". A wall that contains one for protection or as a jail.
A) ru (תהר ThR) AC: ? CO: Watch AB: ?
af1 ) erum (מתהרה MThRH) - I. Target:As aimed at. [df: arjm]II. Prison:A place watched and surrounded by walls. [df: arjm] KJV (16): mark, prison - Strongs: H4307 (מַטָּרָא)
fm ) iru (תהרי ThRY) - Fresh: Something that is moist. [Unknown connection to root] KJV (2): new, putrify - Strongs: H2961 (טָרִי)
C) rua (אתהר AThR) AC: Shut CO: ? AB: ?: The closing of the doors to the wall.
V) rua (אתהר AThR) - Shut: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) shut - Strongs: H332 (אָטַר)
Nm) rua (אתהר AThR) - Shut: Something that is not used such as the left hand. KJV (2): left - Strongs: H334 (אִטֵּר)
G) reu (תההר ThHR) AC: ? CO: Clean AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
V) reu (תההר ThHR) - Clean: KJV (94): (vf: Paal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) clean, purify, purge, purifier - Strongs: H2891 (טָהֵר)
Nf1) ereu (תההרה ThHRH) - Cleansing: KJV (13): cleansing, purifying, purification, cleansed - Strongs: H2893 (טָהֳרָה)
cm) rfeu (תההור ThHWR) - Clean: KJV (96): clean, pure, fair - Strongs: H2889 (טָהֹר), H2890 (טְהוֹר)
gm) refu (תהוהר ThWHR) - Cleanness: KJV (4): purify, clearness, - Strongs: H2892 (טֹהַר)
J) rfu (תהור ThWR) AC: ? CO: Row AB: ?: As the wall as a row.
Nm) rfu (תהור ThWR) - I. Row: II. Range:A row of mountains. [Aramaic only] KJV (28): row, mountain - Strongs: H2905 (טוּר), H2906 (טוּר)
M) riu (תהיר ThYR) AC: ? CO: Village AB: ?: A place carefully watched over.
Nf1) eriu (תהירה ThYRH) - Village: KJV (7): castle, palace, row, habitation - Strongs: H2918 (טִירָה)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 ceremonially clean, of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); Genesis 7:8 (twice in verse); Genesis 8:20 (twice in verse) (all J), Leviticus 14:4 (P), Leviticus 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deuteronomy 14:11,20; places Leviticus 4:12; Leviticus 6:4; Leviticus 10:14; Leviticus 11:36; Numbers 19:9 (all P); things Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:37,47; Leviticus 14:57 (P), Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 44:23; Isaiah 66:20; Malachi 1:11; persons Leviticus 7:19; Leviticus 13:13,17,37,39,40,41; Leviticus 15:8; Numbers 5:28; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 18:11,13; Numbers 19:9,18,19 (all P), Deuteronomy 12:15,22; Deuteronomy 15:22; Deuteronomy 23:11; 1 Samuel 20:26 a + see :26 b ᵑ0 but read טֹהַר Pu`al, see טָהֵר, 2 Chronicles 30:17; Ezra 6:20.
2 physically pure: of gold זָהָב Exodus 25:11,17,24,29,31,36,38,39; Exodus 28:14,22,36; Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:2,6,11,16,17,22,23,24,26; Exodus 39:15,25,30 (all P), 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 3:4; 9:17; כֶּתֶם Job 28:19; of water מַיִם Ezekiel 36:25; of incense קְטֹרֶת Exodus 30:35; Exodus 37:29 (P); of lamp stand מְנֹרָה Exodus 31:8; Exodus 39:37 (P), Leviticus 24:4 (H); of the table שֻׁלְחָן Leviticus 24:6 (H), 2 Chronicles 13:11; clean, of turban Zechariah 3:5 (twice in verse).
3 ethically pure, clean Proverbs 30:12; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Job 14:4; of heart Psalm 51:12; Proverbs 22:11; hands Job 17:9; eyes Habakkuk 1:13 (of God); words of men Proverbs 15:26; words of God Psalm 12:7; law of ׳י as object of reverential fear Psalm 19:10.