In Jewish religious law, there is a category of specific Jewish purity laws, defining what is ritually impure or pure: แนญum'ah and แนญaharah are the state of being ritually "impure" and "pure", respectively. The Hebrew noun แนญum'ah, meaning "impurity", describes a state of ritual impurity. A person or object which contracts แนญum'ah is said to be แนญamรฉ, and thereby unsuited for certain holy activities and uses until undergoing predefined purification actions that usually include the elapse of a specifi...