טָמַע , (cmp. טָמַן) to hide, sink (cmp. טָבַע I).
Nif. - נִטְמַע to be hidden, sunk, to be mixed up beyond recognition. Kidd. 70ᵇ וכולן נִטְמְעוּ בכהונה and all of them have been lost among the priesthood (can no longer be distinguished from original priests). Ib. 71ᵃ a family שנִיטְמְעָה נ׳ (or שנִיטַּמְּעָה Nithpa.) once mixed with Israelites beyond traces of genealogical disabilities, shall remain so (shall not be traced up). Keth. 14ᵇ, v. עִיסָה; a. e.