Hebrew · H2416, H2931

חַיָּה טְמֵאָה

Alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively · foul in a religious sense

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חַי H2416 alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

Pronunciation ḥay

Life principle extending from physical vitality (raw, fresh, strong) to covenantal presence and relational aliveness with God.

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טָמֵא H2931 foul in a religious sense

Pronunciation tame

Religious impurity that renders one unfit for worship, temple access, or covenant participation until purification

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What does חַיָּה טְמֵאָה (ḥayyāh ṭĕmēʾāh) mean in the Bible?

חַי · טָמֵא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively".

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H2416, H2931 is connected to 591 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Hebrew phrase. alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

Strong's H2416, H2931

Lexical occurrences 591 verses

Source Gloss

alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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