טֹהַרṭôhar

טֹּ֫הַר: purity, purifying

Pronunciation: to'-har · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2892

Meanings

1. purity (Exodus 24:10)

2. purifying, (menstruation) (Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 12:6)

טֳהָר: clearness, lustre (Psalms 89:45)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 24:10 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
  • Leviticus 12:4 After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.
  • Leviticus 12:5 If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.
  • Leviticus 12:6 “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
  • Psalms 89:44 You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).