UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: OET EZE 22:24
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Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: טָהֹור · טֹהַר · טָהֳרָה

Sense 1: to become clean

Semantic domains: Pure (002003001014)

Core domains: Physical Contamination (122)

Definition: = process by which an area or object becomes free from dirt, contamination and everything else that is not supposed to be present

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: JER 13:27

OET-RV JER 13:27

27 I’ve seen your adultery and neighing—
⇔ the wickedness of your prostitution on the hills and across the countryside.
⇔ I’ve seen your detestable behaviour.
⇔ You won’t end well, Yerushalem (Jerusalem).
⇔ How long will you remain ‘unclean’?

OET-LV JER 13:27

27 Adulteri(es)_of_your and_neighings _of_your the _wickedness _of your _prostitution _of_your on hills in _the_field I _have _seen things _of_your _detestable woe to/for_you(fs) Oh _Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) not you _are _clean after when yet.

Show passage in OET: EZE 24:13

OET-RV EZE 24:13

13 Your shameful behaviour is in your uncleanness. Because you wouldn’t accept it when I tried to cleanse you, you won’t be purified anymore until I’ve satisfied my fury against you.

OET-LV EZE 24:13

13 In_uncleanness _of_your licentiousness because I_cleansed _you and_not you _are _clean from_uncleanness _of_your not you _will _be _clean again until I_give _rest _to DOM rage _of_my on/over_you(fs).

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Jump to OET EZE 24:13 section.

Sense 2: to purify, to cleanse, to clear, to purge

Semantic domains: Pure (002003001014)

Core domains: Physical Contamination (122)

Definition: = causative process by which people cause an area or object to be free from dirt, contamination and everything else that is not supposed to be present

Forms: vbpiel; vbpual (passive)

Show passage in OET: CH2 34:3

OET-RV CH2 34:3

3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a teenager, he began to learn more about the god of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year, he began to remove the hilltop shrines from Yerushalem and across Yehudah (Judah), as well as the Asherah poles, and the carved and cast metal idols.

OET-LV CH2 34:3

3 And_in_eight years of_reigning_his and_he still_he was_a _youth he _began to_seek (to)_the_god _of Dāvid his/its_father and_in_two _plus ten year he _began to_cleanse DOM Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) from the _high_places and_the _ʼAshērāh_poles and_the_idols and_the _molten_images.

Show passage in OET: CH2 34:5

OET-RV CH2 34:5

5 He burnt the bones of those priests on their altars, and that’s how he purified Yerushalem and all of Yehudah,

OET-LV CH2 34:5

5 And_the_bones _of priests he _burnt on altars _of_their and_he _cleansed DOM Yəhūdāh and_DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

Jump to OET CH2 34:3 section.

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All 10 recorded passages for this sense

CH2: OET CH2 34:3 · OET CH2 34:5 · OET CH2 34:8

JOB: OET JOB 37:21

EZE: OET EZE 22:24 · OET EZE 24:13 · OET EZE 39:12 · OET EZE 39:14 · OET EZE 39:16

MAL: OET MAL 3:3

Sense 3: to be clean, to be ceremonially clean, to be ritually clean

Semantic domains: Clean (002001001012)

Core domains: Ritual Contamination (147)

Definition: = state in which people or objects are considered free from contamination, ► as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the objects can be put to normal use

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: LEV 11:32

OET-RV LEV 11:32

32 Also, anything that their dead bodies fall on will become ‘unclean’, whether it’s a wooden, cloth, leather, or sackcloth object, or any container used for work, so then it must be immersed in water and it will be ‘unclean’ until the evening when it will become ‘clean’ again.

OET-LV LEV 11:32

32 And_all/each/any/every that it _will _fall on/upon/above_him/it from_them in_death _of_their it _will _be _unclean from_all vessel _of wood or a _garment or a _hide or sackcloth every _of vessel which a _work it _will _be _done (is)_in_them in_water it _will _be _put and_it _will _be _unclean until the_evening and_it _will _be _pure.

Show passage in OET: LEV 12:7

OET-RV LEV 12:7

7 Then he must present them to Yahweh to make her right with God, and then she’ll be purified from her flow of blood. That’s the regulation for a woman who gives birth to either a male or a female.

OET-LV LEV 12:7

7 And_he_will _present _it to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH and_he _will _make _atonement on/upon_it(f) and_she _will _be _pure from_the _spring _of her _blood(s)_of_her this is_the _legal_procedure_of the_one _who_gives _birth for_male or for_female.

Jump to OET LEV 11:32 section.

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All 24 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 11:32 · OET LEV 12:7–8 · OET LEV 13:6 · OET LEV 13:34 · OET LEV 13:58 · OET LEV 14:8–9 · OET LEV 14:20 · OET LEV 14:53 · OET LEV 15:13 · OET LEV 15:28 · OET LEV 16:30 · OET LEV 17:15 · OET LEV 22:4 · OET LEV 22:7

NUM: OET NUM 19:12 · OET NUM 19:19 · OET NUM 31:23–24

KI2: OET KI2 5:10 · OET KI2 5:12–14

Sense 4: to purify, to cleanse

Semantic domains: Clean (002001001012)

Core domains: Ritual Contamination (147)

Definition: = causative action by which a priest performs the rituals that are necessary ► for rendering people and places free from contamination, as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the places can be put to normal use

Forms: vbpiel

Synonyms: זקק · כבס · כפר · קדשׁ

Show passage in OET: LEV 16:19

OET-RV LEV 16:19

19 Then he must flick blood on to it seven times with his finger, thus purifying it and removing the uncleanness of the Israeli people from it.

OET-LV LEV 16:19

19 And_he _will _spatter on/upon/above_him/it some _of the_blood with_finger _of_his seven times and_he_will _purify _it and_he_will _set _it _apart _as _holy from_the _uncleanness(es)_of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Show passage in OET: LEV 16:30

OET-RV LEV 16:30

30 because on that day, the high priest will purify you all from your sins to make you right with Yahweh, and you’ll be ‘clean’.

OET-LV LEV 16:30

30 If/because on_day the_this he _will _make _atonement on_you(pl) to_purify you(pl) from_all sins _of_your(pl) to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH you(pl)_will _be _pure.

Jump to OET LEV 16:19 section.

Jump to OET LEV 16:30 section.

All 13 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 16:19 · OET LEV 16:30

NUM: OET NUM 8:6–7 · OET NUM 8:15 · OET NUM 8:21

CH2: OET CH2 29:15–16 · OET CH2 29:18

NEH: OET NEH 12:30 · OET NEH 13:9 · OET NEH 13:30

EZE: OET EZE 43:26

Sense 5: to pronounce (ceremonially) clean, to declare (ceremonially) clean

Semantic domains: Clean (002001001012)

Core domains: Ritual Contamination (147); Communication (041); Priesthood (132)

Definition: = causative action by which a priest declares a person or object to be ceremonially clean; ► as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the objects can be put to normal use

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: LEV 13:6

OET-RV LEV 13:6

6 After that next seven days, if the infection has faded and not spread, the priest must pronounce the person as ‘clean’—it was just a sore so the person must wash their clothes and then they’ll be ‘clean’.

OET-LV LEV 13:6