tamim · blameless

What it means

tamim (תָּמִים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blameless”.

Complete, whole, without defect. Said of a person, blameless: of one piece, without falseness. It does not mean that he has never sinned.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Without defect, whole.
2. Without reproach, whole, like Noah.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Whole, without defect; of a person, blameless, of one piece. It comes from תָּמַם, “complete, come to an end” (H8552). BDB: entire, integrity; without blemish, sincere, perfect. It does not say that someone has never sinned, but that he is whole, without double-dealing.

• The animal for sacrifice, “without defect” Exodus 12:5Leviticus 22:21
• “Blameless” like Noah; “be blameless” Genesis 6:9Genesis 17:1Deuteronomy 18:13
• The work and the instruction of YHWH, blameless Deuteronomy 32:4Psalms 19:7
• “He who walks blameless” Psalms 15:2
• Whole: “a whole day” Joshua 10:13

How we translate it

“Without defect” 50 times in the laws of sacrifice, “blameless” 26, “whole” 5, “integrity” 4, “blamelessness” 2. This edition's glossary sets תָּמִים = “blameless”, also of the work of God (Deuteronomy 32:4), and, of animals, “without defect”; it allows “whole” by the sense: יוֹם תָּמִים = “a whole day” (Joshua 10:13).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• without defect ×50
• blameless ×26
• whole ×5
• integrity ×4
• blamelessness ×2
• full ×2
• blamelessly ×1
• complete lot ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×2
• Leviticus×22
• Numbers×19
• Deuteronomy×2
• Joshua×2
• Judges×2
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×4
• Job×3
• Psalms×12
• Proverbs×6
• Ezekiel×13
• Amos×1

• Genesis 6:9

  These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; with Elohim Noah walked.

• Genesis 17:1

  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless.

• Exodus 12:5

  Your lamb shall be without defect, a male, a year old; from the sheep or from the goats you shall take it.

• Exodus 29:1

  This is the thing that you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests for me: take one young bull and two rams without defect,

• Leviticus 1:3

  If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall present a male without defect; at the entrance of the tent of meeting he shall present it, for his acceptance before YHWH.

• Leviticus 1:10

  And if his offering is from the flock, from the lambs or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall present a male without defect.

• Leviticus 3:1

  And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace, if he presents it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall present it without defect before YHWH.

• Leviticus 3:6

  And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace to YHWH is from the flock, male or female, he shall present it without defect.

• Leviticus 3:9

  From the sacrifice of peace he shall present as a fire offering to YHWH its fat: the whole fat tail, which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

• Leviticus 4:3

  if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he shall present for his sin that he has sinned a young bull without defect to YHWH as a sin offering.

• Leviticus 4:23

  or his sin that he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a male goat without defect.

• Leviticus 4:28

  or his sin that he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a female goat, without defect, for his sin that he has committed.

• Leviticus 4:32

  And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.

• Leviticus 5:15

  “When a person acts unfaithfully and sins inadvertently in regard to the holy things of YHWH, he shall bring his guilt offering to YHWH, a ram without defect from the flock, by your valuation in shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary, as a guilt offering.

• Leviticus 5:18

  He shall bring a ram without defect from the flock, by your valuation, as a guilt offering, to the priest, and the priest shall make expiation for him for his inadvertence in which he erred without knowing it, and he will be forgiven.

• Leviticus 6:6

  And his guilt offering he shall bring to YHWH, a ram without defect from the flock, by your valuation, as a guilt offering, to the priest.

• Leviticus 9:2

  He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a calf of the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before YHWH.

• Leviticus 9:3

  And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering,

• Leviticus 14:10

  On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, and one ewe lamb a year old without defect, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

• Leviticus 22:19

  it shall be for your acceptance: a male without defect from the herd, from the sheep, or from the goats.

• Leviticus 22:21

  And when a man presents a sacrifice of peace to YHWH to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, it shall be without defect to be accepted; no defect shall be in it.

• Leviticus 23:12

  And on the day you wave the sheaf you shall offer a lamb without defect, a year old, as a burnt offering to YHWH,

• Leviticus 23:15

  And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven full Sabbaths they shall be.

• Leviticus 23:18

  And with the bread you shall present seven lambs without defect, a year old, and one young bull and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to YHWH, with their grain offering and their libations, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

• Leviticus 25:30

  But if it is not redeemed before a full year is completed for it, then the house that is in the city that has a wall shall belong in perpetuity to the one who bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go free in the jubilee.

• Numbers 6:14

  and he shall present his offering to YHWH: one male lamb a year old, without defect, as a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old, without defect, as a sin offering, and one ram without defect as a peace offering,

• Numbers 19:2

  “This is the statute of the instruction that YHWH has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring you a red cow whole, on which there is no defect, and on which a yoke has never come.

• Numbers 28:3

  And say to them: This is the fire offering that you shall present to YHWH: two lambs a year old, without defect, each day, as a continual burnt offering.

• Numbers 28:9

  On the day of the Sabbath: two lambs a year old, without defect, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its libation.

• Numbers 28:11

  At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to YHWH: two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 28:19

  You shall present a fire offering, a burnt offering to YHWH: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs a year old; they shall be without defect for you.

• Numbers 28:31

  Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering you shall offer them —they shall be without defect for you— and their libations.

• Numbers 29:2

  You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to YHWH: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 29:8

  You shall present a burnt offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old; they shall be without defect for you;

• Numbers 29:13

  You shall present a burnt offering, a fire offering of pleasing aroma to YHWH: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old; they shall be without defect;

• Numbers 29:17

  And on the second day: twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 29:20

  And on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 29:23

  And on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 29:26

  And on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 29:29

  And on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, without defect;

And 51 more times.