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Numbers 8:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3947 Take קח

H853 את

H3881 the Levites הלוים

H8432 מתוך

H1121 the children בני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H2891 and cleanse וטהרת

H853 אתם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3947 Take

the

H3881 Levites

from

H4480 among

the

H1121 children

H3478 Israel

and

H2891 cleanse

them

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2891

Hebrew: טָהֵר

Transliteration: ṭâhêr

Pronunciation: taw-hare'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: be ({make} make {self} pronounce) {clean} cleanse ({self}) {purge} purify ({-ier} self).

Definition:

properly to be bright; that {is} (by implication) to be pure (physically {sound} clear: unadulterated; Levitically uncontaminated; morally innocent or holy)

1. to be clean, be pure

a. (Qal)

1. to be clean (physically - of disease)

2. to be clean ceremonially

3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean

b. (Piel)

1. to cleanse, purify 1b

c. physically 1b

d. ceremonially 1b

e. morally

1. to pronounce clean

2. to perform the ceremony of cleansing

f. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean

g. (Hithpael)

1. to purify oneself 1d

h. ceremonially 1d

i. morally

1. to present oneself for purification

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906