¹ Interpreting לטמאו is difficult. It may be (1) an error for לא טמאו "(which) they were not impure"; (2) an error for לטעמ או "(which is) for/to a decree or"; (3) a noun meaning "(which is) for impruity". Less likely options include (4) D-stem infinitive "(which is) making impure." But one expects a ת or ות ending in IA; (5) Perhaps the writer is thinking in Babylonian and used liṭmaˀû where Aramaic uses יטמאו. Or (5) לטמ או "(which is) for Ṭam or", but a proper name ṬM is so far unattested and certainly not Semitic.