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tumah

tumah noun: a state of ritual impurity arising from contact with corpses, the corpses of certain non-kosher animals, certain bodily fluids, diseases, etc.

Noun

tumah (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) A state of ritual impurity arising from contact with corpses, the corpses of certain non-kosher animals, certain bodily fluids, diseases, etc.

Antonyms of tumah

Origin of tumah

Borrowed from Hebrew טומאה / טֻמְאָה (tum'á).

Questions about tumah

What does tumah mean?
Tumah means a state of ritual impurity arising from contact with corpses, the corpses of certain non-kosher animals, certain bodily fluids, diseases, etc.
What part of speech is tumah?
Tumah is a noun.

Words near tumah in the dictionary

  1. tum tums
  2. tum-tum
  3. tum-tums
  4. Tuma
  5. tumacoside
  6. tumah
  7. Tumakuru
  8. Tuman
  9. Tumandar
  10. Tumandars
  11. Tumanian

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