טָמָה ṭâmâh — to be impure in a religious sense
Translated in the KJV as be defiled, be reputed vile.
a collateral form of H2930; to be impure in a religious sense.
ṭâmâh in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ Job 18:3 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common plural
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›