Original: טָהֵר

Transliteration: ṭâhêr

Phonetic: taw-hare'

Short Definition: Be clean

Original: טהר

Transliteration: ṭâhêr

Phonetic: taw-hare'

BDB Definition:

1. to be clean, be pure
   1. (Qal)
      1. to be clean (physically - of disease)
      2. to be clean ceremonially
      3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean
   2. (Piel)
      1. to cleanse, purify
         1. physically
         2. ceremonially
         3. morally
      2. to pronounce clean
      3. to perform the ceremony of cleansing
   3. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean
   4. (Hithpael)
      1. to purify oneself
         1. ceremonially
         2. morally
      2. to present oneself for purification

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 792

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H2889, H2890, H2892, H2893