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Nehemiah 13:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 Then I commanded ואמרה

H2891 and they cleansed ויטהרו

H3957 the chambers הלשׁכות

H7725 brought I again ואשׁיבה

H8033 and thither שׁם

H3627 the vessels כלי

H1004 of the house בית

H430 of God האלהים

H854 with את

H4503 the meat offering המנחה

H3828 and the frankincense והלבונה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Then

H559 commanded

and

they

H2891 cleansed

the

H3957 chambers

and

H8033 thither

brought

H7725 again

the

H3627 vessels

the

H1004 house

H430 God

H854 with

the

meat

H4503 offering

and

the

H3828 frankincense

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