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# uncleanness

noun

«uncleanness» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

The Torah warns of uncleanness from skin disease, bodily issues, and touching the dead, and says what must be done to be cleansed. The prophets also use it for the moral stain of idols and wrongdoing, which God promises to cleanse with clean water.

**Interpretation.** Tradition links uncleanness to life and death, and it holds that purification renews a person's ability to draw near to God. It reads Ezekiel's sprinkling of clean water as God's promise to purify Israel.

### Meaning

Uncleanness is the state of being ritually impure, unfit to enter the holy place or touch holy things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#m1)

### Examples

- And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. (Torah LEV.18.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#x1)
- or whosoever toucheth any swarming thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; (Torah LEV.22.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#x2)
- And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering. (Torah LEV.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#x3)
- According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid My face from them. (Prophets EZK.39.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#x4)
- Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of the uncleanness thereof, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. (Prophets MIC.2.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#x5)
- And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (Prophets EZK.36.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/#x6)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uncleanness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uncleanness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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