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tumah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
tumah
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Antonyms

taharah

Questions

What does tumah mean?
A state of ritual impurity arising from contact with corpses, the corpses of certain non-kosher animals, certain bodily fluids, diseases, etc.
Where does tumah come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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