Jastrow: טָהוֹר

טָהוֹר, טְהוֹרָה f. (b. h.; next w.) 1) clean, pure; not subject to levitical uncleanness. B. Mets. 86ᵃ שגופך ט׳ … נשמתך בט׳ (Ms. בטהרה) thy body is pure, and thy soul expired with (the word) ‘pure’; Snh. 68ᵃ.—Kidd. 70ᵇ וסימניך טמא טמא ט׳ ט׳ and the sign (by which to remember which of the two families is of unblemished descent) is, that with the name of an unclean animal (raven) is unclean, that with the name of a clean animal (dove) is clean; B. Bath. 91ᵃ. Kel. III, 7 ובחרסית ט׳ and the person that touches the clay is clean (not affected by levitical uncleanness). Ib. IV, 1 ט׳ is not subject to levitical uncleanness; a. v. fr.—דג ט׳, עוף; בהמה טהורה a fish, a bird, a domestic animal permitted to eat. Ḥull. XII, 2. Ib. IV, 3 בטהורה טהור if it occurs with an animal of the clean class, the person is levitically clean; a. v. fr.—Pl. טְהוֹרִים, טְהוֹרִין; טְהוֹרוֹת. Kel. II, 1 פשוטיהן ט׳ the flat-surfaced among them are not subject to uncleanness.—Ber. 2ᵇ שהכהנים ט׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מטוהרים) when the purified priests enter &c. B. Mets. 61ᵇ; a. v. fr.