Tumtum/ nit

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Tumtum/ nit

A term for a person who is a pedophile (originally: a person whose genitals are not prominent and are not clear and it is difficult to distinguish whether he is male or female).

("The Rabbis taught: What does the verse mean, 'man, man' (Leviticus 20)?—to include a tumtum and an androgynos, who curses his father and his mother" - Sanhedrin 54a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טֻומְטוּם

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּינּוּי לְאָדָם טִיפֵּשׁ (בַּמָּקוֹר: אָדָם שֶׁאֶבְרֵי הַמִּין שֶׁלּוֹ אֵינָם בּוֹלְטִים וְאֵינָם בְּרוּרִים וְקָשֶׁה לְהַבְחִין אִם הוּא זָכָר אוֹ נְקֵבָה).

("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן :אִישׁ מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (וַיִּקְרָא כ) אִישׁ אִישׁ- לְרַבּוֹת בַּת טֻמְטוּם וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס אֲשֶׁר יְקַלֵּל אֶת אָבִיו וְאֶת אִמּוֹ "-סַנְהֶדְרִין סוּ ע"א)

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